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Hulu's upcoming limited series, The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, stars Grace Van Patten in the titular role, bringing to life the story of Amanda Knox's wrongful conviction and subsequent acquittal for the murder of her roommate while studying abroad in Italy in 2007.
Knox serves as an executive producer on the project, which premieres on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The limited series is inspired by the story of Knox's wrongful murder conviction, "and her 16-year odyssey to set herself free," according to the official synopsis.
"Many people think they know my story," Patten says in the teaser. "But now, it's my turn to tell it."
Created by This Is Us' KJ Steinberg, the project is executive produced by Knox and her husband Chris Robinson, Monica Lewinsky, Michael Uppendah and The Littlefield Company. Along with Patten, the cast includes Sharon Horgan, John Hoogenakker, Francesco Acquaroli, Giuseppe De Domenico and Roberta Mattei.
Amanda Knox's Story
In 2013, the Italian courts ordered a retrial of her case and ultimately sentenced her to over 28 years in prison. She did not travel back to the country and was not extradited, and in 2015, Italy's highest court of appeals once again overturned her conviction after DNA proved a sole drifter named Rudy Guede committed the crime.
Amanda Knox's Advocacy
Knox has used her platform to prevent the wrongful convictions of others over the past decade. Part of Knox's mission has been to advocate for criminal justice in the decade since. Shortly before her final exoneration, she penned a memoir about the ordeal, titled Waiting to Be Heard, which became a New York Times bestseller.
She also participated in a Netflix documentary titled Amanda Knox in 2016 and was nominated the following year for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Amanda Knox's Forgiveness
In 2019, Knox returned to Italy as the keynote speaker at a criminal justice conference hosted by the Italy Innocence Project, and again in 2023 to meet with the prosecutor in her case, Dr. Giuliano Mignini.
"As a victim of his choices, one of the questions that I just was always plagued with was, 'Why? Why me? What was happening here that you saw, in me, the devil?" Knox, now 37, told PEOPLE in March.
"I never set out to forgive him," she added. "I think that's an important point to make as I'm not a person whose faith, for example, compels them to forgive. That was not my goal. My goal was to understand him... there was this deep curiosity in me to try to understand this person who decided that I was a dangerous person, who deserved to spend the most years of my life in prison."
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The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox premieres with two episodes on Wednesday, Aug. 20, on Hulu, followed by new episodes weekly.
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