BOSTON, Massachusetts — Elizabeth Banks is set to portray Karen Read — who was accused of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe — in a forthcoming Prime Video limited series, Deadline reported .

Banks, a Massachusetts native, will anchor the adaptation of the widely followed “Karen” podcast, NBC Boston reported .

According to Deadline, the project comes together under the stewardship of Justin Noble, who will act as showrunner and writer, and David E. Kelley, who re-unites with stories rooted in the region, as an executive producer alongside Banks.

The narrative revisits the January 2022 incident in which Read stood accused in connection with the death of O’Keefe, Deadline said. Prosecutors had accused her of crashing her vehicle into him following a night of dri

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