Draft:Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story is the second season of the American true crime anthology series, Monster, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. Murphy and Brennen also serve as co-showrunners and are both executive producers.

Cast
Main


 * Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menéndez
 * Cooper Koch as Erik Menéndez
 * Javier Bardem as Jose Menendez
 * Chloë Sevigny as Kitty Menéndez
 * Nathan Lane as Dominick Dunne
 * Ari Graynor as Leslie Abramson
 * Dallas Roberts as Dr. Jerome Oziel
 * Leslie Grossman as Judalon Smyth

Reccuring


 * Jason Butler Harner as Det. Les Zoeller
 * Enrique Murciano as Carlos Baralt
 * Michael Gladis as Tim Rutten
 * Drew Powell as Det. Tom Linehan
 * Charlie Hall as Craig Cignarelli
 * Jeff Perry as Peter Hoffman

Development
Having initially ordered the program in 2020 as a limited series, Netflix announced on November 7, 2022, that it had renewed Monster as an anthology series, with two further editions based on the lives of "other monstrous figures" to be announced.

On May 1, 2023, Netflix announced the season, which is based on the murder case of the Menéndez brothers. On June 29, 2023, Deadline reported that Cooper Koch and Nicholas Chavez were cast as Lyle and Erik Menéndez respectively. On January 15, 2024, it was reported that Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny had joined the cast as José Menéndez and Kitty Menéndez respectively. That same day, Nathan Lane was cast as Dominick Dunne. On February 1, 2024, Ari Graynor joined as Leslie Abramson. Leslie Grossman was added that same month as Judalon Smyth.

Release
Menéndez is scheduled to be released on Netflix in 2024. Leslie Grossman was added that same month as Judalon Smyth.