Overview

• Production on season four is underway in Los Angeles with Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden and Charlie Hunnam playing Andrew Borden, joined by Vicky Krieps, Rebecca Hall, Billie Lourd and Jessica Barden.
• Max Winkler will direct the first episode, with additional casting and production details to be announced later.
• Monster: The Ed Gein Story logged 12.2 million views in its first three days and reached No. 1 on Netflix’s UK TV chart, according to Netflix.
• Critical response has been largely negative, including a roughly 20% Rotten Tomatoes critic score, even as the audience score sits higher at about 54%.
• Star Charlie Hunnam and co-creator Ian Brennan defend the season as a sincere look at untreated mental illness, while outlets including Radio Times and SlashFilm publish fact-checks highlighting invented scenes and relationships.