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HBO Announces Geena Davis-Led “Dorothea” Series on Killer

7/10/2026

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HBO is developing the series “Dorothea” about Sacramento killer Dorothea Puente, starring Geena Davis.
Joshua Michael Stern will write and showrun the series, based on a story by Michael Rosenbaum and Jane Whitney.
Michael Rosenbaum pitched the idea to Bristol Circle Entertainment, the company of Sony Pictures Television Studios president Jeff Frost.
Police found seven bodies in November 1988, arrested Dorothea Puente, and sent her back to Sacramento for trial.

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Story summary

HBO is developing the series “Dorothea” about Sacramento killer Dorothea Puente, starring Geena Davis.
Joshua Michael Stern will write and showrun the series, based on a story by Michael Rosenbaum and Jane Whitney.
Michael Rosenbaum pitched the idea to Bristol Circle Entertainment, the company of Sony Pictures Television Studios president Jeff Frost.
Police found seven bodies in November 1988, arrested Dorothea Puente, and sent her back to Sacramento for trial.