Ted Bundy Biopic Featuring Metallica’s James Hetfield To Hit Netflix In May


The movie based on the life of famed Serial Killer Ted Bundy, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, And Vile, will make it’s debut May 3rd on Netflix. The film made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on and will screen next at The Tribeca Film Festival on May the 2nd. That screening is already sold out. January 26th. Directed by Academy Award nominee Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), he cast Metallica legend James Hetfield in the role of Officer Bob Hayward, a no-nonsense Utah highway patrol veteran who was the first law enforcement officer to arrest Bundy in 1975 after pulling the killer over and discovering burglary tools in his car. While Hetfield has played himself in other films and television productions and participated in many documentaries, this is his first dramatic role ever outside of music videos. Joe Berlinger has been familiar with Hetfield since he directed the Paradise Lost documentary series, co-directed the Metallica documentary film Some Kind of Monster, and co-wrote the book about the doc, Metallica: This Monster Lives. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil stars Zac Efron as Bundy and tells the story of Bundy and his longtime girlfriend, played by Lily Collins, who at the time had no knowledge of the crimes. The project was announced by Voltage Pictures at Cannes 2017. Watch the new trailer, right now!