A Netflix series surrounding the death of American child beauty pageant contestant JonBenét Ramsey has taken the streaming service by storm, and a new series based on the case is currently filming in Calgary right now.
The three-part Netflix series Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenet Ramsey, has quickly become one of the most-viewed releases of the week in Canada since it landed on the streaming service on Monday.
Ramsey was a child beauty pageant contestant from Boulder, Colorado, and was found dead in her family’s home in December 1996. The case gained intense media fascination and heavy scrutiny on the child’s parents; however, no one has ever been charged with the crime.
If the Netflix series hooked you, well another series regarding Ramsey is filming in Calgary right now with some major Hollywood talent, with Melissa McCarthy officially attached to the project.
According to the Film and Television Industry Alliance, the project is summed up as “an exploration of the world’s most sensational child-murder case, the unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey.”
Two-time Academy Award nominee McCarthy will join the project alongside Clive Owen, with the duo portraying JonBenét Ramsey’s parents, Patsy and John Bennett Ramsey, per Deadline. The series will be done by Paramount+.
Production on the series began in Calgary in early September and is scheduled to wrap up at the end of January 2025, per ACTRA Alberta.