Keira Knightley hunts down an infamous serial killer in trailer for new thriller The Boston Strangler

The first trailer for Hulu’s new movie The Boston Strangler dropped this week.

And in the thriller, which is based on a true story, Kiera Knightley is seen taking on the role of journalist Loretta Mclaughlin as she investigates a series of murders.

The two-time Oscar nominee stars opposite Carrie Coon, playing reporters who begin to dig deeper into the infamous criminal to discover his identity.

During the trailer, which hit YouTube and social media Tuesday, Kiera’s character asks, “How many women have to die before it’s considered a story?”

It is based on the 13 women who were murdered in the Boston area in the early 1960s, to whom Albert DeSalvo later confessed to being the Boston Strangler serial killer after being accused of rape cases.

Coming soon: The trailer dropped on Tuesday, with the Hulu movie scheduled to hit the streaming service on March 17.

True story: It is based on the 13 women who were murdered in the Boston area in the early 1960s.

With the new release scheduled to hit the streaming service on March 17, 2023, the trailer takes viewers back in time to the 1960s.

Starting in the newsroom of the Boston American Record newspaper, Keira’s character can be seen looking at news clippings and making a connection between recent crimes.

Muddy with the sexism of the time, Loretta (Keira) struggles to gain endorsement to investigate the crimes and ends up going off on a tangent.

“I think I found something, three women have been strangled in the last two weeks,” Loretta tells her editor in the opening moments of the trailer.

Despite working at the publication’s Lifestyle desk, the character is eager to investigate the project for himself while making the first connection between the recent murders.

Claiming to tell the “untold true story” throughout the film, the trailer continues as more murders take place and the police investigation ramps up a bit.

Loretta continues to dig deeper into the case as it appears they have a suspect as her colleague Jean Cole (Carrie Coon) helps uncover the truth.

Putting her job and life on the line, Keira’s character takes matters into her own hands by entering the address of the suspected killer with a baseball bat, as the trailer dramatically shows her journey to learn the real story.

Setting the Scene: Starting in the newsroom of the Boston American Record newspaper, Keira’s character can be seen looking at news clippings and making a connection between recent crimes.

Digging Further: Claiming to tell the “untold true story” throughout the film, the trailer continues as more murders occur and the police investigation goes up a notch.

Odds Against: Muddy by the sexism of the time, Loretta (Keira) struggles to gain endorsement to investigate the crimes and ends up going off on a tangent.

Discovery: “I think I found something, three women have been strangled in the last two weeks,” Loretta tells her editor in the opening moments of the trailer.

The real story took place between 1962 and 1964, when single women in Massachusetts were targeted by a serial killer and rapist, with at least 11, one thought 13, losing their lives.

As the case was investigated by Boston authorities, the far flung locations of each woman left them uncertain who the culprit might be.

Eventually, convicted rapist Albert DeSalvo made a jailhouse confession stating that he was the Boston Strangler and provided details about the 11 women murdered.

But he was later found dead in his jail cell, before the case had been fully resolved. It was finally shut down in 2013, when recent advances in forensic science confirmed that he was DeSalvo with DNA evidence.

Before it was fully shut down, the story inspired the 1968 biopic of the same name, which starred Tony Curtis as the infamous criminal.

The new release is written and directed by Matt Ruskin, while it also stars David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Dune), Chris Cooper, and Alessandro Nivola.

In real life, the reporter Loretta passed away in 2018 at the age of 90. After discovering the scandal, she went on to become an award-winning medical reporter and the second woman to serve as editor of the Globe’s editorial pages.

In Real Life: Plays real-life reporter Loretta (pictured left) who became an editorial page editor for the Boston Globe.

Remake: The story inspired the 1968 film of the same name, which starred Tony Curtis as the infamous criminal (Tony Curtis and Carolyn Conwel in The Boston Strangler, 1968)