How much crime TV is too much crime TV?
The answer is none, because people are chronically obsessed with the genre and will continue to be so until bad things stop happening to good people.
So, never, essentially.
Between American Crime Story, The Ted Bundy Tapes, You, and the 194 hours of The Staircase that are currently available for streaming online, audiences are seemingly never going to tire of murder, mystery, and everything in between.
And if you find yourself nestled nicely in that exact demographic, you’re going to want to make room for an incoming crime mystery that’ll be dropping onto Netflix at some stage.
Because it sounds intense – and we could always use some more delicious crime in our lives.
The Stranger, starring Richard Armitage, is an eight part thriller that follows a seemingly perfect marriage as it becomes unravelled – all because of the words of a stranger.
Armitage’s character, Adam Price, has been married to Corinne for quite a while. The couple have two sons together, live in a nice house, and generally appear to be living perfect lives.
That is, until, Adam meets a stranger in a bar who tells him a secret about Corinne that changes the way he views his relationship – and his entire life.
Based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben, the story has been called “twisted,” “intriguing” and “nail-biting” so we can only go ahead and presume that the series adaptation (as reported by Deadline) will be even more intense.
“The Stranger was one of my most challenging novels — and definitely the most twisted,” said Coben.
“When I wrote it, I never imagined that I’d be part of a dream team of extraordinary talent bringing it to life. I can’t wait to reunite with Danny, Nicola, and Netflix on this remarkable project.”
We can’t wait either, mate.
Production on The Stranger begins in March, and while we don’t have a release date just yet, we can only hope that The Stranger will be available to watch by the end of this year.
