Natalee Holloway Disappearance Doc Sets Premiere At Netflix — SkimNews
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- Taken: Natalee Holloway will premiere November 4 on Netflix as a three-part documentary exploring the 2005 disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway during a high school graduation trip to Aruba.
- Story Syndicate, the production company behind Netflix's "Maternal Instinct," produces the series, with Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan, Dani Sloane, Jon Bardin, and Tommy Coriale serving as executive producers.
- Directors Dani Sloane and Matthew Galkin secured access to Beth Holloway as well as individuals who were with Natalee when she vanished, per the network's logline.
- Director Dani Sloane said that growing up in the mid-2000s, it was "impossible to turn on the TV or walk by a news stand without seeing Natalee Holloway's face," framing Beth's 20-year search as a story of "courage, devotion, and strength" beyond the "sensational headlines."
- Jon Bardin, Story Syndicate's President of Documentary and Unscripted, called Beth Holloway's "tireless twenty-year pursuit of justice" a "testament to the power of her love" and pitched the project as "the definitive telling of her story."
Why it matters: The documentary hands the narrative back to Beth Holloway after years of tabloid fascination, and the choice of Story Syndicate — the team behind Netflix's recently released "Maternal Instinct" — signals the streamer is building a true-crime vertical anchored by mothers of victims. For Netflix, the November slot puts a high-profile true-crime event against the run-up to the holidays when subscriber engagement typically spikes.
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