Melissa McCarthy and Clive Owen are cast as the parents of murdered six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey in the Paramount+ series filming in Calgary this Fall.
Reported missing from her Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996, JonBenét Ramsey was found dead several hours later in the basement of the home, along with a long ransom note. An autopsy revealed the cause of death as strangulation and was ruled a homicide.
The JonBenét Ramsey series follows the Ramsey family, before and after the tragedy as they go through the painful loss of a child while facing intense public scrutiny in a media frenzy that captivated an entire nation.
At the heart of the series, it is the story of Patsy and John Ramsey – exploring the unbreakable partnership of these two complex people – as husband and wife, as mother and father – who had committed themselves and their children to building the narrative of a perfect, privileged life only to have it destroyed one Christmas night in 1996.
Patsy and John Ramsey.
The case remains unsolved to this day.
JonBenét Ramsey:
Working title: UCC: JBR Project
Alberta filming dates: September 16 2024 – February 12 2025.
Showrunner:: Richard LaGravenese
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Clive Owen, Emily Mitchell, Shea Whigham, Will Patton, Garrett Hedlund, Alison Pill, Owen Teague.
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