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Have you been the victim of a romance scam? Help is on the way — courtesy of Netflix.

Cecilie Fjellhøy, one of the victims duped by the titular con man in the Netflix doc The Tinder Swindler, teams up with a private investigator to help other victims in Love Con Revenge, a six-episode docuseries premiering Friday, Sept. 5 on the streamer.

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The Tinder Swindler‘s Cecilie Fjellhøy found a new passion in life: helping others who thought they’d found love only to realize they’d been conned. Netflix’s six-episode docuseries Love Con Revenge focuses on Fjellhøy’s quest for justice for women who’ve been caught up in con artists’ lies.

The docuseries, directed by Max Shapira, will premiere on September 5, 2025. Netflix offers this description: “After falling victim to a sophisticated romance scam in The Tinder Swindler, Cecilie Fjellhøy partners with Private Investigator Brianne Joseph to help other victims reclaim their lives and expose digital predators in the provocative unscripted series, Love Con Revenge.”

Chris McLaughlin is the showrunner and Ruth Kelly serves as executive producer.

Cecilie Fjellhøy and Brianne Joseph in ‘Love Con Revenge’

“I never imagined my story would resonate the way it has. Since The Tinder Swindler, I’ve heard from people all over the world...

Financial scams are nothing new, but romance fraud — where con artists use fake personas to gain someone’s love and trust in order to steal their money — has been on the rise in recent years, especially with the popularization of dating apps. In the new series Love Con Revenge, premiering Sept. 5, former romance fraud victim Cecilie Fjellhøy teams up with private investigator Brianne Joseph to delve into real schemes on behalf of women and men who can’t find help through traditional avenues. Fjellhøy’s own experience with a notorious romance scammer was featured in The Tinder Swindler. Now she and Joseph are on a mission to unmask scammers and help victims take back control.

“I never imagined my personal story would resonate the way it has,” Fjellhøy told Netflix. “Since The Tinder Swindler, I’ve heard from people all over the world who’ve been targeted by criminals hiding behind love.

Launching August 8 on Netflix, Stolen: Heist of the Century is the latest jaw-dropping documentary film from Raw in association with Amblin Documentaries (producers of Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul) and in collaboration with Wildside.

The ultimate true-life crime caper, Stolen: Heist of the Century, tells the story of the world’s greatest diamond heist. For the first time, the Antwerp detectives who cracked the case and the alleged criminal mastermind assemble to give a blow-by-blow account of what really happened and reveal the secrets of “The Heist of the Century.”

On the morning of February 17, 2003, detectives from Antwerp’s infamous “Diamond Squad” were called to investigate the brazen night-time robbery of an allegedly impregnable vault in the middle of the City of Diamonds.

It is estimated that between 100 million and half a billion dollars’ worth of diamonds were stolen – and have never been found. An ingenious gang...

Netflix is diving into one of the most controversial stories in recent memory with a brand-new documentary about Jussie Smollett.

Titled The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, the film is set to premiere on August 22 and promises to bring forward new details, interviews, and a fresh look at a case that shocked and divided America.

The 90-minute documentary features conversations with police officers, lawyers, reporters, and investigators who say they have “new evidence about the case.” According to Netflix’s official description, the film tells the “shocking true story of an allegedly fake story that some now say might just be a true story.”

Jussie Smollett, best known for playing Jamal Lyon on the hit show Empire, made headlines in 2019 when he said he was the victim of a hate crime in Chicago. He claimed two men attacked him, yelled racial and homophobic slurs, poured an unknown substance on him, and...

Netflix is getting ready to release a new documentary that dives into one of the most talked-about scandals in recent American pop culture, the Jussie Smollett case. Titled The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, the documentary is set to premiere on August 22.

The film will look back at what happened in 2019, when Smollett claimed he was the victim of a hate crime in Chicago. At the time, the story grabbed headlines everywhere. According to Smollett, two men attacked him late at night, yelled racist and homophobic slurs, poured a chemical on him, and even tied a rope around his neck.

The reaction was immediate, with huge support pouring in from celebrities and politicians. People like Viola Davis and Shonda Rhimes spoke out on social media, and politicians like Kamala Harris and Cory Booker called the attack an attempted modern-day lynching.

But the story quickly took a strange turn. Chicago police later...

Jussie Smollett is stepping in front of the camera to share his perspective on the tumultuous scandal that followed his report of an alleged hate crime in 2019. The actor will appear in the upcoming Netflix documentary The Truth About Jussie Smollett? out Aug. 22. According to a statement from Gagan Rehill, per Hollywood Reporter, the film will “balance their competing narratives and to also use their compelling, colorful testimonies to thread the light and shade of the story through the film.”

Smollett will appear as one “key player” in the 90-minute release,...

Netflix has announced a documentary about Jussie Smollett and his 2019 hate crime hoax.

“The Truth About Jussie Smollett?” will premiere on Aug. 22, and it features interviews with police, lawyers, journalists and investigators who claim to have “new evidence about the case.” According to Netflix’s logline, the 90-minute doc tells the “shocking true story of an allegedly fake story that some now say might just be a true story.”

Smollett was known for playing the starring role of Jamal Lyon on Fox’s music drama “Empire.” In 2019, he reported himself as the victim of a violent hate crime in Chicago, alleging that two men hurled racial slurs at him, poured an unknown chemical substance on him and wrapped a rope around his neck. The incident was first met with an outpouring of public support for Smollett, with celebrities like Viola Davis and Shonda Rhimes expressing outrage about the alleged attack on social media,...

Exclusive: The Jussie Smollett hoax hate crime attack saga is set to be explored in a new documentary.

Netflix has ordered The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, a 90-minute feature doc about the case that, despite occurring in 2019, was just wrapped up, legally speaking, a couple of months ago.

It will feature an interview with former Empire star Smollett himself.

The project comes from All3Media-owned production company Raw, which is behind two of Netflix’s weirder true-crime tales in The Tinder Swindler and Don’t F**k with Cats.

The Netflix logline says the Smollett doc is a shocking true story of an allegedly fake story that some now say might just be a true story. With first-hand interviews from those at the helm, including investigating police, lawyers, journalists and Jussie himself, this compelling documentary invites the audience to decide for themselves who is telling The Truth About Jussie Smollett?...

Fans of Netflix’s unscripted franchises have a lot to look forward to. The streamer announced a set of new series starring big names in the unscripted world on Thursday addition to giving updates about its existing series.

Among the new series is “Age of Attraction,” which will follow a group of singles ages 22 to 59 as they date each other. Hosted by 44-year-old “Bachelor” alum Nick Viall and his wife, 26-year-old Natalie Joy,” the series aims to “see if age is just a number. Or will the years come between them?”

Harry Jowsey, who previously appeared in Netflix’s “Too Hot to Handle” and “Perfect Match,” is looking for a wife via “Let’s Marry Harry.” Over the course of the series, his friends will help him narrow down a large pool of potential matches in hopes of finding someone to marry. Among those friends will be “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper,...

Fifteen years after he helped assemble One Directon on The X Factor, Simon Cowell is searching for a new boy band.

Cowell will star in and executive produce a Netflix docuseries called Simon Cowell: The Next Act, in which he will attempt to “create the next global boyband sensation.” The six-episode series, set to premiere in December, is one of several unscripted orders and renewals Netflix announced Thursday; among the others are Let’s Marry Harry, featuring Too Hot to Handle and Perfect Match alum Harry Jowsey, and Love Con Revenge, in which Cecilie Fjellhøy (featured in The Tinder Swindler) teams with a private investigator to expose romance scanners.

Netflix has also renewed The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On and King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch and set fall premiere dates for season nine of Love Is Blind and a trio of real estate shows: Selling Sunset, Selling the Oc and Owning Manhattan.

Exclusive: The Tinder Swindler producer Raw and Amblin Documentaries are teaming on a Netflix doc about one of the world’s most daring diamond heists.

Stolen: Heist of the Century drops on August 8, providing deep insight into an ultimate true-life caper.

The film starts on the morning of February 17 2003, when detectives from Antwerp’s infamous ‘Diamond Squad’ were called to investigate the night-time robbery of an allegedly impregnable vault in the middle of the Belgian city, which is nicknamed the City of Diamonds. It is estimated that between $100M and $500M worth of diamonds were stolen – and have never been found. An ingenious gang of master jewel thieves from Italy, known as ‘The School of Turin’, were eventually revealed to be behind the audacious heist. Raw’s Mark Lewis has written and directed the film, which is based on the book Flawless...

In 2013, the world was enraptured by the story of the Carnival Triumph luxury cruise ship, which stranded 4,000 passengers without power and plumbing in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine fire. Guests were initially instructed to "go No. 1" in the showers and "go No. 2" in red biohazard baggies, but after four days, the raw sewage had become so backed up that social media was dubbing it the "Poop Cruise."

Now, Netflix's Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, from director James Ross, is chronicling every gory detail, from the tent cities to the squishing carpets. Warning: you will feel queasy when you get to the “poop lasagna” scene. But will Emmy voters embrace the program next year?

Trainwreck is an anthology docuseries that revisits some of the most gross-out or bizarre news stories of yesteryear, told from the perspective of the people who were involved. The first installment was released in 2022 and explored...

[Editor’s note: this list was originally published in August 2022. It has since been updated with new entries.]

Board up the haunted houses and keep your creepy woods: In the modern age, there’s simply no place more terrifying than the internet.

Since even before the days of the Sandra Bullock-starring “The Net” from 1995, cyberspace has provided a compelling backdrop to countless horror, thriller, and suspense films. Some are rooted in science fiction, while others employ the supernatural. The eerie expanse of the web provides for it all and is made infinitely more interesting by the spooky implications of an unseen world that millions of users don’t actually understand.

Found footage flicks are among some of the first scary internet movies to come to mind, with cheeky titles like “Unfriended,” “Followers,” and even “#Horror” bringing a knowing goofiness to the conceit of computer screen films. “Searching” and “Host” garnered newfound appreciation for the format, integrating smart authenticity into their design and direction. Meanwhile, movies like “Spree...

For fans of the Twister-verse or even Stranger Things, this next Netflix documentary might be for you.

The Twister: Caught in the Storm, dropping March 19, is the newest venture from production company Raw behind some of the streaming giant’s most popular factual programs such as Don’t F**k with Cats (2019) or The Tinder Swindler (2022).

Director-writer Alexandra Lacey now turns her attention to Joplin, Missouri. In 2011, a devastating EF5 tornado struck the Bible Belt town, killing over 150 people and injuring a thousand. It flattened homes, churches, a hospital and a high school, reducing people’s entire lives to rubble and becoming the costliest single tornado in U.S. history.

In The Twister, Lacey and her team speak to those caught, literally, in the eye of the storm. She collects a colorful cast to recall the terror: a couple forced to shelter in a freezer, a 17-year-old working in the local diner,...

Netflix is adding over a dozen new titles to its inventory this week. From new seasons of current hits to topnotch sleeper movies, you can find something for everyone this week on your favorite streaming service.

No, there isn't anything coming this week that's likely to have the same impact as the number one show, Adolescence. By the way, it's every bit as good as the critics say it is. Okay, maybe one show will. But it really isn't likely that anything debuting this week will knock The Electric State out of its top spot among movies. I believe the critics are just as wrong about the sci-fi movie as they are right about the top-ranked drama.

But that's a discussion - or diatribe - for another time. For now, let's delve into the various worlds of zombies, hip-hop, reality shows, and comedy coming up this week. No, that's not all one show,...

Brad Pitt is arguably one of the most famous movie stars. The A-lister's name is recognizable even for non-movie fans so using his name worked extremely well for a scammer and very poorly for a woman believing she was dating the Hollywood star.

A woman was swindled into sending over $853,000 by a scammer using AI-generated photos of the Se7en actor. The scammer convinced the 53-year-old woman from France named Anne that he was Pitt, and that he was in love with her. Per The Independent, the scammer told the woman he needed money for cancer treatment.

Related Lucy Liu Reflects on Standing Up to Bill Murray for 'Unacceptable' Insults on Charlie's Angels Set

Lucy Liu addresses calling out Bill Murray over his behavior on the set of their 2000 film Charlie's Angels.

Like a story worthy of Netflix's The Tinder Swindler, this takes it to different heights. The "relationship...

Exclusive: German production house Beetz Brothers Film Production is readying an Ard and Arte crime doc series about Operation Eureka, the largest international police operation against Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta.

Mafia Hunters will tell a five-episode story of how the main investigators launched the operation to topple the Italian mafia group, which has been one of most powerful criminal organizations in the country since the 1980s. The show will include exclusive interviews with the main investigators, archival footage and atmospheric recreations.

The ‘Ndrangheta are estimated to make up to €50B ($52.4B) every year through various criminal activities. They dominate cocaine trafficking from Latin America to Europe and are also involved in arms dealing and other activities. The organization comprised of dozens of families from the Calabria region of southern Italy who loosely form a collective structure. Operation Eureka has involved police forces from across Europe and South America, and led to...

Exclusive: Netflix is putting sweetheart scammers in the spotlight in a documentary series from Twenty Twenty, the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned producer behind First Dates.

Deadline understands that production is well underway on the series, which has the working title Bad Romance and could premiere next year.

Specific details about the project remain sketchy at this stage, but the show was casting for people who have been in relationships with romance fraudsters.

The series could see victims seek some sort of justice against those who have wronged them, with producers exploring ways to fight back against con artists.

Romance fraud and catfishing have proved to be fertile territory for Netflix, with the streamer working with other UK producers to deliver hits such as The Tinder Swindler.

Twenty Twenty, which adapted Channel 4’s First Dates for NBC in 2017, has previously produced Five Star Chef for Netflix. The cooking competition series...

Halle Berry is final negations to join Amazon MGM Studios upcoming thriller “Crime 101,” adding some additional star power to a feature that already boasts a cast of Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Barry Keoghan.

The film — which Variety understands is due to start shooting in two weeks — is based on the short story by Don Winslow, with Bart Layton directing. Layton — who also exec produced “The Tinder Swindler” alongside numerous other unscripted series — wrote the script.

Winslow’s original story follows a series of high level jewellery thefts up and down the Pacific Coast Highway that have gone unsolved for years, mostly because the perpetrator has lived by a strict code he calls “Crime 101.” Police attribute the thefts to the Colombian cartels. But Detective Lou Lubesnick’s gut says it’s the work of just one man. Now the lone-wolf jewel thief is looking for that fabled final...

Netflix is once again mining some of Britain’s finest podcast IP by making a documentary about Sweet Bobby from All3Media-backed The Tinder Swindler producer Raw.

The popular Tortoise pod delivered a huge twist. It told the story of how broadcaster Kirat Assi became embroiled in an impossibly complex web of deception that lasted for more than a decade and involved many fabricated characters.

When Kirat met ‘Bobby’ on Facebook and embarked on a long-distance relationship with him, she believed she had found the love of her life. As it evolved from a friendship to an increasingly controlling romantic relationship, Kirat became subsumed into a web of deception, as Bobby’s explanations for why they couldn’t meet face to face became more and more extreme.

The story evoked themes of control and social media, and was hugely popular, turning into a live investigation.

The Netflix feature doc is...

UK film and TV outift Raw has bolstered its features and scripted department with the addition of former Brouhaha Entertainment development producer and BBC Film exec Sam Gordon as producer/executive producer.

Gordon will work with Raw’s head of scripted TV Sara Murray, filmmakers Bart Layton and Tim Wardle and its senior creative team. He will report to chief exec Joely Fether and chief creative officer Dimitry Doganis.

Raw, backed by All3Media, has series credits including The Tinder Swindler for Netflix, features docs Three Identical Strangers and The Imposter, as well as fiction features Telluride premiere Encounter, directed by Michael Pearce and Dream Horse,...

‘Tinder Swindler’ Indie Builds Features Team

All3Media’s Raw, the company behind The Tinder Swindler, Three Identical Strangers and upcoming Amazon MGM Studios doc Crime 101, has hired Sam Gordon as producer/executive producer for its features team. Gordon is an experienced film and TV producer, with spells at Baby Cow, Calamity Films and BBC Films on his CV. Most recently, he was a development producer for Brouhaha Entertainment, where he worked on Firebrand and co-produced Karim Ainouz’s Motel Destino, which launched in Official Competition at Cannes this year. He also worked on Philomena and Stan & Ollie while at Baby Cow. At Raw, he’ll report into Cco Dimitri Doganis and CEO Joely Father, working with filmmakers Bart Layton and Tim Wardle, as well as Head of Scripted TV Sara Murray and other senior creative execs. Raw’s features to date have included American Animals, Three Identical Strangers, The Imposter,...

Body: Sky announces a captivating addition to its true-crime lineup with the three-part documentary series The Body Next Door. Produced by Raw, known for documentaries such as The Tinder Swindler and Three Identical Strangers, this new series investigates one of the most bizarre and shocking true crime stories of recent times. In the tranquil Welsh […]

Sky Documentaries Announces True Crime Series: The Body Next Door...

Netflix's Dancing for the Devil reveals how 7M Films and the Shekinah Church allegedly prey on social media stars and fame-seekers. Connections between 7M Films and the Shekinah Church suggest a cult-like relationship, with both requiring financial dependence and boasting isolation tactics. Miranda Derrick's relationship with her family remains strained, with restrictions on discussing Robert Shinn, Shekinah Church, or 7M Films.

Following the word-of-mouth successes of miniseries like Escaping Twin Flames and The Tinder Swindler, Netflix has served up yet another gripping docuseries: Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult. The three-part documentary hinges on the insidious nature of a (potential) cult one that feeds off of fame-seekers and social media's viral potential. Directed by Derek Doneen, Netflix's Dancing for the Devil explores the cult allegations leveraged against 7M Films, a talent management company that recruits TikTok dancers and other content creators, as well as the Shekinah Church.

American Nightmare follows the story of Denise Huskins and partner Aaron Quinn, the victims of a home invasion in 2015 in Vallejo, California, that resulted in Huskins’ kidnapping. However, the couple was quickly accused of staging it all, with Huskins being labeled “the real Gone Girl.” Directors Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris (The Tinder Swindler) set out to tell Huskins’ story piece by piece, highlighting law enforcement behavior, victim blaming and trial by media.

When did you first hear about Denise’s story and decide it’d be your next project?

Bernadette Higgins It was just after The Tinder Swindler was released and we’d already decided that we wanted our next project to be together. And Raw, the company that we made Tinder Swindler with, had actually been trying to get access to Denise and Aaron for about two years. They approached us with it and asked us if we’d like to co-direct it.

A+E Media Group is teaming with The Tinder Swindler producer Raw on a thriller series about a “Dadfluencer.”

Influence comes from Ripper Street scribe Thomas Martin, who has penned Cannes competition series The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage.

The show follows Andrew Cosgrove, a Don Draper-like figure who has constructed the seemingly perfect life — and in the process, made his family an international brand. But when his youngest daughter Sophie is kidnapped, Andrew must reckon with his past or the decisions he’s made will come back to hurt those he loves.

A+E has been ramping up spend on international co-pros and is also backing The Kollective thriller with the European Alliance and a returnable series adaptation of Tony Parsons’ novel Your Neighbour’s Wife. All3Media-backed Raw, meanwhile, mainly makes premium docs including The Tinder Swindler, Don’t F**k with Cats and a new social media series, all for Netflix,...

Jeff Zucker and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Imi on Thursday closed its £1.15 billion ($1.45 billion) acquisition of TV and film production powerhouse All3Media, the largest TV producer in the U.K., from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global. The company is behind such shows as the reality/competition series The Traitors and Squid Game: The Challenge, drama series The Tourist, and such films as World War I epic 1917.

Regulators in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany approved the deal.

Early this year, RedBird Imi acquired a stake in Media Res, the studio behind the Apple TV+ shows The Morning Show and Pachinko, founded by former HBO executive Michael Ellenberg. The addition of All3Media gives RedBird Imi an expanded production business. It also owns the unscripted production company EverWonder Studios, the children’s entertainment company Hidden Pigeon Company, and the digital news outlet Front Office Sports.

Last week, RedBird...

Exclusive: Netflix is returning to the wellspring of stories in which social media events bleed into real-world consequences.

The streaming service has again teamed with Raw TV, the British production company behind hit film The Tinder Swindler, to make a series with the working title This Blew Up.

Netflix declined to comment on the project, but Deadline understands that production is underway on a five-part series. Raw did not respond to a request for comment.

Each episode of This Blew Up will spotlight a successful company, individual, or event that fell from grace or spiraled out of control, with the linking factor being that the downfall was enabled or escalated by social media.

It is unclear what stories will be featured, but the series will contain elements of drama reconstruction as Netflix explores the social, economic, and cultural factors that led to unforeseen difficulties.

These social media stories have become...

Pain Hustlers, from Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts director David Yates’, is among recently released dramas about grifters, scams, and overall schemes to hit our screens. But, in a landscape marked by fictional and documentary shows and movies like The Dropout, Inventing Anna, and The Tinder Swindler, Pain Hustlers deals with a topic that hits home for many Americans: the opioid epidemic that has been sweeping the country for the past three decades. With such close ties to reality, many viewers have been wondering whether the movie is also based on a true story, like many of its predecessors. The answer, however, isn’t quite as simple as one might believe.

Netflix added nearly 30 million global paid subscribers in 2023, though it might have watered down its hit pool in the process.

According to a new study by British streaming-data company Digital i, Netflix had fewer than half the global hits in 2023 (10) than it had in 2022 (22). Digital i defines a “hit” as an original movie or a series that was watched by at least 30 percent of Netflix’s subscriber base in North America, EU, and Latam.

The long list of 2022 Netflix hits goes like this: “Wednesday” (61.8%), “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (53.3%), “Stranger Things 4” (48.0%), “The Adam Project” (47.9%), “Knives Out 2” (45.9%), “The Gray Man” (42.4%), “The Watcher” (41.9%), “The Tinder Swindler” (38.0%), “Inventing Anna” (37.5%), “The Sandman” (35.7%), “Senior Year” (35.6%), “1899” (34.7%), “Bridgerton” Season 2 (34.5%), “Troll” (34.0%), “Enola Holmes 2” (33.7%), “Luckiest Girl Alive” (33.4%), “Harry & Meghan” (32.7%), “Hustle” (32.6%), “The Man from Toronto” (31.5%), “Purple Hearts” (31.3%), “Me Time” (31.1%), “Day Shift” (31.0%), and “Falling for Christmas” (30.8%).

Unless otherwise noted, each series above is a first season (and...

Netflix offers a diverse range of documentaries on various topics, from nature and true crime to art and politics. True crime documentaries like Tiger King and The Tinder Swindler have captivated audiences with their shocking stories and twists. Documentaries like Last Chance U and Won't You Be My Neighbor? provide inspirational stories and intimate looks into the lives of real people.

The best documentaries on Netflix comprise a substantial portion of the top streaming content for the service, with the platform known for delivering on almost every subject from the natural world to true crime. Most viewers are likely to be more familiar with Netflix's roster of shows and movies, but the streamer's growing list of documentaries and docu-series deserve just as much attention from subscribers. From the classic nature, technology, sports, and true-crime documentaries, to ones that dive deep into art, unexplained mysteries, politics, history, and even philosophy, it's all on Netflix.

Exclusive: AGC Television is dropping a hot TV project into this week’s Series Mania market in Lille.

The Stone Quarry’s Zack Snyder (Zack Snyder’s Justice League), Deborah Snyder (Wonder Woman) and Wesley Coller (Rebel Moon) are among producers of French Foreign Legion series Until The Last One, whose pilot is being directed by Eli Snyder, most recently second unit director on his father’s Rebel Moon.

The series will follow a British deserter from the infamous French Foreign Legion who is found twenty years after fleeing the harsh reality of his mercenary service and forced back with the new recruits in the thick of danger. The series will chart the violence and the politics of the global hotspots where the Legion are sent to fight and the emotional stories and scars carried by its recruits.

The Foreign Legion is famed for its uniqueness as a military outfit,...

Lourdes Diaz has been upped to partner at AGC Studios, signing a new multi-year contract with Stuart Ford’s independent production and sales group, AGC unveiled on Monday.

Diaz joined AGC in 2018, heading up its freshly-launched television division, where she oversaw such projects as War of the Worlds, starring Gabriel Byrne and Daisy Edgar-Jones, which aired on Epix in the U.S., and the Australian crime series Troppo, starring Thomas Jane. Diaz was an executive producer on the hit Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler and helped set up Roland Emmerich’s upcoming Roman gladiator series Those About to Die, which is set to go out on Peacock stateside this July. In 2022, Diaz was promoted to chief creative officer at AGC.

AGC Studios presented Diaz’s promotion as a sign of stability at the indie group, coming after new multi-year contracts for both Ford as chairman and CEO, and for chief operating officer Miguel Palos.

For almost a decade, streaming giant Netflix has continued to solidify itself as a home for terrific true crime content. From the instantly viral premiere of Making a Murderer in 2015, the service has continually generated incredibly well-made docuseries like The Keepers, Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey, The Tinder Swindler, and The Murdaugh Murders. While other platforms have struggled to generate programs that capture the world's attention, Netflix has the ability to create shows that don't rush through the details, taking the time to give their interviewees and the victims of the crimes they're discussing the time and attention they deserve. Their newest docuseries, Homicide: New York hopes to accomplish this same goal, as it discusses the infamous murders that have occurred in New York City throughout its history.

Former NBC Universal Television Entertainment chairman Jeff Gaspin is taking a job as VP of unscripted series at Netflix — reporting to Netflix VP of nonfiction series Brandon Riegg. It’s a bit of a reversal for the two execs: In 2010, Riegg joined NBC as vice president of alternative series & development, reporting to the heads of alternative programming there, who in turn reported to Gaspin.

It’s a return to the executive ranks for Gaspin, who most recently ran Gaspin Media as president. It was there that his output included Netflix’s “The Tinder Swindler,” as well as its “Rhythm & Flow.” His other credits included “The First Lady.”

“Jeff is such a huge talent, with so much experience across unscripted and television in general, and I couldn’t be more excited that he’s joining us,” said Riegg. “From ‘Rhythm & Flow’ to ‘Tinder Swindler,’ he’s already been part of the...

Netflix has added former NBC Universal Television Entertainment chief Jeff Gaspin to its executive team.

Gaspin will be vp unscripted series at the streamer, charged with curating and growing Netflix’s slate of reality programming. He joins Netflix a month after Jenn Levy, who previously oversaw unscripted series at the company, departed. Gaspin will report to Brandon Riegg, vp nonfiction series.

“I feel a bit like Al Pacino in The Godfather Part III: Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in,” Gaspin said in a statement. “I’m so thrilled to join Brandon and the unscripted team at Netflix. I was always most successful and happiest when I built or ran unscripted at VH1, Bravo and NBCU. I can’t wait to do the same at Netflix.”

Gaspin has worked with Netflix several times as a producer: His company, Gaspin Media, produced Rhythm & Flow and...

Exclusive: Netflix has found its new unscripted chief.

The streamer has hired Jeff Gaspin as VP Unscripted Series after a search for a high-profile figure to lead its burgeoning reality business.

It comes after Deadline revealed that Jenn Levy left the company last month and Brandon Riegg, who is VP Nonfiction Series, to whom Gaspin will report, started a search for top unscripted chief.

There were plenty of big unscripted names in the running for the position and Riegg is understood to have enquired about a number of execs overseeing unscripted for the broadcast networks and major studios.

Gaspin is a big get for Netflix given that he was previously Chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment from 2009-11.

However, his hire is less surprising considering he has been in business with Netflix and Riegg on a number of shows. He exec produced The Tinder Swindler, a true-crime series that was...

It has been two years since Jeff Zucker resigned from the top job at CNN over a consensual relationship with a network executive. Since then, he’s headed up RedBird Imi, a joint venture between Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital and Imi, an investment fund backed by the UAE. With a massive private equity war chest behind him, Zucker, 58, has been relentlessly hunting for deals. In a little over a year, he has invested in TV studio and motion picture company Media Res and news site Front Office Sports and just made an audacious bid to buy the U.K.’s Telegraph, provoking an outcry from journalists and politicians. On Feb. 17, Zucker’s firm bought powerhouse producer All3Media (which backed 1917, Fleabag, Squid Game: The Challenge, The Tinder Swindler and Penny Dreadful, among many other movies, docs and shows) for $1.45 billion. The mogul spoke to The Hollywood Reporter shortly after.

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Jeff Zucker and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Imi has finalized a £1.15 billion ($1.45 billion) deal to acquire production powerhouse All3Media — the largest TV producer in the U.K. and the company behind such shows as reality series Squid Game: The Challenge and films like World War I epic 1917 — from owners Warner Bros. Discovery and John Malone’s cable and telecom giant Liberty Global.

The deal gives the new owner control over a big production business across scripted and unscripted series as well as theatrical movie titles. Earlier this year, RedBird Imi acquired a stake in Media Res, the studio behind the Apple TV+ shows The Morning Show and Pachinko, among other projects, which was founded by former HBO executive Michael Ellenberg.

Launched in late 2022 with a $1 billion war chest backed by RedBird Capital and Abu Dhabi’s Imi, RedBird Imi has the mandate to pursue investments in the news, entertainment and sports sectors.

American Nightmare, along with other true crime docuseries, delves into bizarre and mind-bending criminal cases that challenge viewers' perceptions of the truth. The Tinder Swindler and Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey are examples of docuseries that explore complex crimes and reveal the darker realities behind seemingly ordinary situations. Similar to American Nightmare, The Most Hated Man on the Internet, Don't F**k with Cats, and Making a Murderer shed light on unique stories, controversial figures, and flawed justice systems.

Netflix's latest true crime docuseries, American Nightmare, has captivated audiences with its gripping tale of Denise Huskins' kidnapping. For fans intrigued by twists, turns, and unbelievable mysteries, these comparable docuseries are sure to provide entertainment. Netflix strikes gold once again with its newest jaw-dropping true crime release, American Nightmare. The docuseries brings viewers into the bizarre kidnapping of Denise Huskins in 2015, an event that initially seemed too wild to be anything but a hoax.

Stop us if you’ve heard this before, but there’s a true crime docuseries on Netflix that has tongues wagging. The appetite for such endeavors appears bottomless; it seems we really enjoy depraved and aberrant behavior so long as we can hit pause and take a bathroom break every now and then. But sometimes, a series will sneak through that offers more than titillation, cheap thrills, and hyperventilating aesthetics. And so, American Nightmare, a swift, concise piece of work that even mixes in a dash of investigative reporting verve.

When the worst happens, those at the center of the story hope for justice — or, at the very least, to be believed. Unfortunately, the vast, knotty criminal justice system doesn’t always prove so reliable. On March 23, 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, were woken in the dead of night by a home invader. Huskins was kidnapped, and what transpired next in the terrifying tale is the subject of American Nightmare, the new docuseries from The Tinder Swindler filmmakers Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins.

“A lot of crime stories are very linear and obvious from the start. What was really intriguing about this story was the fact that every time you think you know what’s happened, there’s another twist, Higgins told Netflix. “Everyone thinks they know the ending from the start. In this story, few people would’ve ever predicted that the truth was indeed the truth.

Spoiler alert: This story contains spoilers from “American Nightmare,” the three-part docuseries now streaming on Netflix.

“American Nightmare” may be difficult to watch at night. Netflix’s latest docuseries, from the filmmakers behind “The Tinder Swindler,” Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, tells the story of a traumatic home invasion, abduction and the unreal events that unfolded from there.

In March 2015, Denise Huskins was abducted by a home invader from an apartment in Vallejo, Calif., and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, was drugged with Nyquil at the same time, so he wasn’t able to report her kidnapping right away. As shown in the docuseries, the Vallejo police first viewed Quinn as the prime suspect after hours of questioning and attempting to get him to confess. Then Huskins showed up at her father’s house in Huntington Beach, hours south of Vallejo, after being missing for two days. She was quickly labeled...

Aaron Quinn and Denise Huskins may not be household names, but what happened to them was made ubiquitous by a widely-known association: “Gone Girl.”

The California couple made headlines in 2015, just one year after David Fincher’s adaptation of the popular Gillian Flynn novel. Huskins was kidnapped, her then-boyfriend telling the police a shocking story, and after 48 hours, she came home. Their ordeal was treated like a “real-life ‘Gone Girl'” by the media — as well as local and federal officers — and now retold in the Netflix docuseries “American Nightmare,” helmed by Bernadette Higgins and Felicity Morris.

When Quinn and Huskins’ story reached the duo behind “The Tinder Swindler,” it was once again via “Gone Girl”-association. Higgins told IndieWire she was struck by all the twists and turns in their story (which doesn’t end after Huskins came home), and the “sheer audacity” of law enforcement in the situation.

This article discusses the real life events behind American Nightmare and will therefore “spoil” the docuseries.

The events that unfold in Netflix true crime docuseries American Nightmare are hard to believe. I know that because I didn’t believe them. At least not at first.

On March 23, 2015, Aaron Quinn called 9-1-1 and reported that his girlfriend Denise Huskins had been kidnapped from their California home. According to an extremely groggy-sounding Quinn, a masked man wearing a wetsuit had broken in, tased them, injected them both with a sedative, and then taken off with a tied-up Denise. What was already a strange case only got stranger when Denise returned to her parents’ home a few days later, seemingly no worse for wear.

The police held a press conference in which they accused Quinn and Huskins of making the whole thing up and wasting precious law enforcement time and resources on a scam.

Trying to find a pattern in the chaos. I found something that was missed by the original investigators..." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for yet another unsettling true crime documentary film called Lover, Stalker, Killer, streaming in February on Netflix. This feature doc from Curious Films (Running with the Devil) and director Sam Hobkinson, deftly assembles the pieces of a mind-bending true tale of harassment, digital deception, and murder in America’s heartland. Lover, Stalker, Killer tells the twisted tale of a modern-day love triangle gone murderously wrong. Following up other docs like The Tinder Swindler, this one examines how Nebraska auto mechanic Dave Kroupa's 2012 attempt to get into the online dating put him in a digital love triangle that ended in murder. This looks crazy! I don't like the way they over-stylize this incident and add all the dramatic music, but it still seems like a fascinating...

Netflix’s three-part documentary series American Nightmare examines the 2015 case of Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn. The trailer hits the key elements of the story and teases a deeper dive into the subsequent rush to wrap the case up in a tidy bow.

The Tinder Swindler‘s filmmakers Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins directed the docuseries and served as producers. Rebecca North and Fiona Stourton executive produced.

“After a home invasion and abduction, a young couple’s recounting of the events is too far-fetched for the police to believe. Why did the victims seem so calm? Was it all a hoax?,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “From the filmmakers behind The Tinder Swindler, this three-part docuseries unravels the consequences of our cultural rush to judgment and the damage done when law enforcement decides the truth can’t possibly be true.”

The docuseries will incorporate real interrogation footage along with...

The true crime documentary series American Nightmare is set to reach the Netflix streaming service on January 17th, and with exactly two weeks to go until this one is available to watch a trailer for the show has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by Bernadette Higgins (who previously produced the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler) and Felicity Morris (who directed The Tinder Swindler), American Nightmare has the following synopsis: After a home invasion and abduction, a young couple’s recounting of the events is too far fetched for the police to believe. Why did the victims seem so calm? Was it all a hoax? From the filmmakers behind The Tinder Swindler, this three-part docuseries unravels the consequences of our cultural rush to judgment, and the damage done when law enforcement decides the truth can’t possibly be true.

According to People, a press...

A home invasion and abduction gets stranger and stranger in the trailer for Netflix’s upcoming docuseries, American Nightmare. The three-part film, which premieres Jan. 17, reexamines the unusual 2015 disappearance of Denise Huskins and the testimony of her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, which police doubted at the time.

“My girlfriend, Denise, got kidnapped last night,” Quinn tells a 911 operator at the beginning of the series’ trailer.

“And you didn’t call last night when this occurred?” the receptionist says.

“I was tied up.”

The preview shows police questioning Quinn, who describes a...