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16th Jun 2018

EXCLUSIVE: The director of The Staircase reveals he’s already working with Netflix on his next project

Rory Cashin

We have another exciting documentary series to look forward to!

Have you watched The Staircase on Netflix yet?

If yes, then continue on.

If not, then stop what you’re doing and consume it now, because everyone is talking about Jean Xavier De Lestrade’s documentary series revolving around the strange circumstances of the death of a woman back in 2001.

Clip via Netflix

Earlier this week, we revealed that De Lestrade had his own opinion on the controversial Owl Theory around the murder case within his documentary, but we had to ask, now that he has a good working relationship with Netflix, what does he have lined up to do next?

“Well, we are now producing a new series for Netflix, and… but… Wow, you know, you have to realise to find a good story, a good case, it takes a lot of energy. It took us one year to find what could be a good story for a documentary series for six or eight hours.

“So we just started producing, filming, shooting that series, and maybe in two, three or four years you’ll be able to watch it, hopefully!

“We couldn’t just let that lie there, so we had to ask if he could give us a hint as to what this new documentary series would be about?

“No, sorry, I can’t at this point… I can’t tell, because… no. (laughs).”

Well, we had to ask, didn’t we?

But at least we know there is more on the horizon from De Lestrade, and if it is even half as good as The Staircase was, then we should all be very excited about it.

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