The first trailer for Showtime’s upcoming docuseries on the life of music producer and convicted killer Phil Spector has been unveiled. However, the teaser focuses on his darker, more violent side and the activities that finally tarnished his reputation rather than his great career. The series will recreate the narrative of Spector from the perspective of his most notable event, the alleged murder of Lana Clarkson at his house on February 3, 2003, and will investigate both his and Clarkson’s version of that tragic night.
On November 4, Showtime subscribers may begin watching the first episode of the four-part docuseries on demand, and on November 6, the series premieres on the network.
Some of Spector’s greatest hits, including “Be My Baby” and “Da Do Run Run,” as well as his work with The Beatles, are included at the opening of the trailer. The rest of the tape, including audio of Spector dodging claims, immediately shifts focus to Clarkson’s death, rendering that brief introduction only a reminder of who he was.
There are hints of the strange, neurotic, and the potentially dangerous guy that Spector was sprinkled throughout the tape. He believed that the music and film industries as a whole despised him; he always accompanied himself with bodyguards; and he never shied away from threatening anyone with a pistol, whether it was one of the numerous women who accused him or “Hallelujah” singer Leonard Cohen. He was said to be especially aggressive and domineering toward women, and he took great pleasure in confining visitors to his house. Despite the bulk of the trailer’s attention being on her murderer and the investigation at hand, Clarkson’s character is also hinted to.
Before her breakout performance in 1985’s Barbarian Queen, she was known mostly for supporting parts in both film and television programmes including Three’s Company, The Jeffersons, and Knight Rider. But as she got older, her acting career had fewer and fewer options. The teaser stressed that she was a person whose life was brutally cut short, and that was the focus throughout the film. Spector’s directorial combination of Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce (who also serve as showrunners) is part of a formidable creative team. They have collaborated on a variety of music documentaries and films, most recently the DIO: Dreamers Never Die film on Ronnie James Dio.
In addition to these three, executive producers Simon Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man), James Marsh (Man on Wire), and Jonathan Chinn (Black Sheep) also have Oscar pedigrees.
Dan Reynolds, who scored the picture along with Aja Volkman and Daniel Wayne Sermon, reteamed with Argott and Joyce for this project. Imagine Dragons frontman and filmmaker Ryan Reynolds have worked together before on his film Believer, which chronicles his battle with the Mormon Church over LGBTQ issues. Spector comes on television on November 6 and is available on demand for Showtime subscribers on November 4.