Netflix's new drama Unbelievable is based on the true story of a teenage girl who was charged with lying about rape.
Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning article by The Marshall Project and ProPublica, An Unbelievable Story of Rape, the eight-part series follows an 18-year-old named Marie who reported being being raped in her apartment by a man who had bound and gagged her.
After being disbelieved by her former foster mother and confronted by police with inconsistencies in her story, she conceded that it may have been a dream, before telling the authorities that she had made it up. Marie was then charged with filing a false report, before accepting a plea deal.
However, two female detectives began to unravel the truth as their lives became intertwined in their mutual pursuit of a possible serial rapist.
The astonishing true story has also featured in This American Life's three-part podcast Anatomy of Life.
Netflix confirmed that Toni Collette and Nurse Jackie star Merritt Wever will play the detectives, and Beautiful Boy's Kaitlyn Dever will play teenage survivor Marie. Merritt most recently won an Emmy Award for her role in Netflix's 2018 western Godless, and Toni recently starred in raunchy BBC One drama Wanderlust.
Other cast members include Vanessa Bell Calloway, and Dumplin's Danielle Macdonald.
US journalist Katie Couric will executive produce the production, written by Erin Brockovich's Susannah Grant.
There is currently no release date, although the series will be released later this year.
Naomi Gordon is news writer mainly covering entertainment news with a focus on celebrity interviews and television.
