In addition, Penelope Ann Miller was chosen to play Dahmer’s mother, Joyce, alongside Richard Jenkins, who had previously been announced in the role of Dahmer’s father, Lionel, a “chemist, who showed [Dahmer] how to safely whiten and preserve animal bones when I was a child. “They were cast along with Shaun Brown, who will play Tracy, Dahmer’s last intended victim, and Colin Ford as Chazz.
The 10-episode series will span the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, ending with Dahmer’s arrest in the early 1990s. It will tell Dahmer’s story through the eyes of his victims and examine his “white privilege and the police involved with lenses criticism, “as the series will portray” at least 10 times that Dahmer was detained by the police, but not prosecuted. “
Mindhunter’s Carl Franklin is on board to direct the pilot episode of Monster, while Janet Mock, who worked on Murphy’s FX drama Pose, will be responsible for writing and directing several episodes as well. Franklin and Mock are also serving as executive producers along with Murphy and Brennan, who have previously worked together on The Politician, Hollywood and Ratched for Netflix.
David McMillan will appear both in the writers’ room and on the set of the production, where he will fulfill the role of supervising producer, alongside Rashad Robinson of Color of Change. Alexis Martin Woodall and Eric Kovtun will serve as executive producers for Ryan Murphy Productions, while Scott Robertson will co-produce the series.