Sources say it's a limited series that Sodroski (pictured below) will write and produce, with Aggregate producing.
The story picks up in the early hours of June 25, 1979, when the affluent Main Line area of Philadelphia was rocked by the brutal murder of English teacher Susan Reinert. The case, which became one of the most notorious in the region’s history, began when Susan’s naked body was discovered in the trunk of her car in a Harrisburg motel parking lot.
Her children, Karen and Michael, were missing and presumed dead, although their bodies were never found. The shocking nature of the murders quickly captured the public’s attention and garnered widespread media attention, exposing significant flaws in the criminal justice system, including issues related to evidence processing and prosecutorial ethics.
Sodroski is now a sought-after producer. He most recently showran, wrote, and executive produced The 500, a series adaptation of the novel by Matthew Quirk (The Night Agent) for Amazon MGM Studios. Before that, he pitched Netflix for an untitled law school thriller that 42 will produce.
He also wrote Holland, Michigan, a suburban thriller starring Nicole Kidman, Gael García Bernal and Matthew Macfadyen, which Mimi Cave directed for Amazon MGM, with 42 and Blossom Films as producers. Prior to these projects, Sodroski wrote and produced two seasons of Manhunt, the true crime anthology series, for which he received a WGA Award nomination.
Aggregate was founded in 2012 by Jason Bateman and has enjoyed success with the Apple TV+ miniseries Lessons In Chemistry, currently nominated for ten Emmys, and Richard Linklater’s Glen Powell Hit Man, which debuted on Netflix in June as the most-watched streaming Original with 1.5 billion minutes watched in its first seven days.
Upcoming projects for the company include the horror comedy Hell of a Summer, featuring the directorial debuts of Finn Wolfhard and Stranger Things' Billy Byrk, and the Netflix limited series Black Rabbit starring Bateman and Jude Law.
Netflix declined to comment.