Keira Knightley hunts down a serial killer in Boston Strangler

In the early 1960s, a serial killer killed more than a dozen women in Boston, and was dubbed the “Boston Strangler” by the media. Now the untold true story of how two reporters broke the story is highlighted in the first trailer for the thriller true crime Boston Strangler.

Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) plays Loretta McLaughlin, a reporter for the Record-American newspaper who makes the first connection to the Boston Strangler murders. When McLaughlin shares her discovery with her boss (Chris Cooper of Adaptation), his reveal is immediately shot down. To continue her investigation, McLaughlin reveals this information to her colleague Jean Cole (Carrie Coon of The Leftovers), who joins her in the search for the truth. Despite facing sexism in the industry, McLaughlin and Cole risked their own lives to find and stop the killer.

Written and directed by Matt Ruskin (Crown Heights), Boston Strangler it also stars Alessandro Nivola (spin me round), Morgan Spector (Homelands), David Dastmalchian (The boogeyman), Bill Camp (The Night Of), Robert John Burke (Intrusion) and Rory Cochrane (Argo). Ridley Scott (The Last Duel), Kevin J. Walsh (House of Gucci), Tom Ackerley (Promising Young Woman), Josey McNamara (Promising Young Woman) and Michael Pruss (american woman) will produce.

Prior to the film’s release, ABC will launch an affiliate podcast on March 1 titled Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler. Hosted by Boston Globe journalist Dick Lehr, the three-part narrative series will explore the case through interviews with family members, authors, writers and criminologists who have followed and been connected to the Boston Strangler. The podcast will also explore whether there was more than one murderer.