Netflix is increasing its crime class with an upcoming collection primarily based on the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

The two brothers, who had been 21 and 18 years outdated after they murdered their dad and mom in 1989, had been discovered responsible of killing José and Mary Louise Menendez and had been sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole. Despite rising up in a rich household, due to their father’s work within the leisure trade, Lyle and Erik claimed throughout their court docket trials that they suffered from bodily, emotional, and sexual abuse all through their childhood.

The Menendez household story turned a high-profile case, and now Netflix, together with the creators who labored on the Dahmer collection starring Evan Peters, is ready to launch a collection primarily based on their case. The present will star Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Lyle), Cooper Koch (Erik), Javier Bardem (José), Chloë Sevigny (Mary Louise, also called, “Kitty”), and extra in main roles.

The official trailer, launched on Tuesday, August 27, reveals the Menendez household posing for a portrait whereas the dad and mom’ voices play within the background. “I need to know what’s going on with you and the boys,” Mary Louise says. José responds, “What do you mean?” After extra dialog, José whispers, “It’s over, it’s done… I’m going to fix this family.” In the subsequent scene, the brothers, bathed in blue gentle, share an embrace as one says, “It’s just us now, we’re on our own.”

The present might be a part of the crime anthology collection Monsters, which initially started with govt producer Ryan Murphy’s launch of Dahmer, detailing the case of serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Murphy mirrored on the making of the collection, saying, “We weren’t so much interested in Jeffrey Dahmer, the person, but in what made him the monster he became… It’s really about white privilege, systemic racism, and homophobia.”

According to the New York Post, the platform’s description states that the present “dives into the historic case that took the world by storm, paved the way for audiences’ modern-day fascination with true crime, and in return asks those audiences: Who are the real monsters?”

The Menendez story is ready to debut on the streaming platform beginning September 19.