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Before Hulu’s terrific and hilarious historical drama/satirical and black screwball comedy “The Great,” was a successful TV series starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, now entering its third season, it was actually a play in Australia written by the same showrunner Tony McNamara. Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favorite,” the Academy Award-winning screenplay that McNamara eventually wrote was not out yet, and so for its stars that had no reference point yet — a period piece set during the `1700s period of Russian Enlightenment, but also a super clever ratatat-style comedy in the vein of “His Girl Friday”— was hard to wrap their heads around.

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me” is a popular idiom dating back to the 19th century – but it couldn’t have foreseen the power of the text message. In 2017, an unprecedented “texting-suicide” trial made national headlines when Michelle Carter was accused of urging her boyfriend Conrad Roy III to end his own life.

After being the first major film festival hit by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic—the unfortunate timing couldn’t have been worse, March 2020 as the virus first started causing lockdowns around the U.S. — and having to cancel that year, SXSW has been arguably hit the hardest of all the festivals in North America.

Looking ahead at the month exemplifies the idea of Peak TV at its most hectic. With so many quality shows coming out, it can be challenging to decide which ones to focus on, especially when so many options are new releases (though “Atlanta” fans will be happy to know that season three is soon on the way.) It’s telling to see trends in narratives being told, with series such as “The Dropout,” “Joe vs.

Can words really kill? Hulu’s limited series “The Girl from Plainville” looks at the events surrounding a death based on that very concept. Michelle Carter was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection to the death of then-boyfriend Conrad Roy III.

Almost a year ago, it was revealed that Elle Fanning was set to star in a Hulu series, “The Girl From Plainville,” which is based on the horrific texting-suicide court case from a few years back.

After a critically acclaimed turn as Catherine the Great in the dramedy “The Great,” Elle Fanning will reunite with Hulu for their upcoming limited drama series “The Girl From Plainville.” READ MORE: Selena Gomez Joins Steve Martin And Martin Short In Hulu Comedy Series ‘Only Murders In The Building’ “The Girl From Plainville” will be using Jesse Barron‘s Esquire article of the same name as its source material.