Netflix announced that Season 4 of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s anthology series Monster will star Ella Beatty as Lizzie Borden – the Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her parents in 1892. Production on Season 4 is already underway in Los Angeles, with a premiere date yet to be determined.
The streaming service posted on X: “You’ve met Ed Gein, now meet Lizzie Borden. Ella Beatty will play one of history’s most notorious women in the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s MONSTER. Now in production in Los Angeles. Also starring Charlie Hunnam, Vicky Krieps, Rebecca Hall, Billie Lourd and Jessica Barden.”
Beatty previously appeared in Murphy’s Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, and was cast as Borden “after an extensive search,” according to the streaming service. Charlie Hunnam, who starred as serial killer Ed Gein in Season 3 of Monster, will return to the series to portray Andrew Borden in Season 4. Vicky Krieps, Rebecca Hall, Billie Lourd and Jessica Barden also star. Max Winkler is also on board to direct the first episode.
The first installment of Monster, titled: Dahmer: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, premiered September 2022. The series received 13 Emmy nominations, and currently ranks #4 on Netflix’s Most Popular Shows list. The second season dubbed Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story premiered in September 2024 and received 11 Emmy Nominations.
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