Jon Watts has been tapped to direct Murder 101, a new Amazon MGM Studios movie based on the true crime podcast of the same name.
Per Deadline, Watts will direct the forthcoming film that is inspired by KT Studios’ and iHearts’ true crime podcast.
What is the Murder 101 podcast about?
“In a small Tennessee town, a local serial killer was caught by the most unlikely investigators: A group of high school students, led by their teacher, Alex Campbell,” the podcast’s description reads. “Throughout the course of one school semester, the class pieced together a 30-year-old mystery and identified the killer behind at least six brutal murders. Shockingly, while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations publicly agrees with their theory, no charges have been filed against the murderer. While some sleuthing students already have graduated, they, along with a fresh crop of current high schoolers, still want to finish the assignment, once and for all.”
Watts will produce the movie alongside Dianne McGunigle and Stephanie Lydecker. No stars are currently attached to appear in the film.
Watts is known for directing Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man trilogy, which includes 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home, and 2021’s Spider-Man No Way Home. Prior to that, he made 2014’s Clown with Eli Roth and 2015’s Cop Car with Kevin Bacon.
His next film will be Wolfs with George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Releasing in September 2024, Wolfs follows two professional “fixers” who find themselves hired for the same job and then reluctantly forced to work together.
Watts also co-created the upcoming Star Wars series, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, with Christopher Ford, which stars Jude Law and will premiere on Disney+ in late 2024.
Murder 101 does not yet have an official release date from Amazon MGM Studios.
