Laura Dern to reopen Jeffrey Epstein case for new Adam McKay series Emmy winner Laura Dern will play reporter Julie K. Brown in a limited series about the Jeffrey Epstein case. The limited series, whose executive producers include Adam McKay, will be based on Julie K. Brown’s 2021 book, and is currently being shopped to networks and streamers by Sony. If it gets picked up, it will be the first major fictional TV or movie production based on the Epstein case. .investigative journalist Brown, who refocused attention on Epstein, Ghislane Maxwell, and their crimes with a series of articles in 2018. Brown’s George Polk Award-winning investigation revealed a secret plea deal Epstein received in 2008 from then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida that dropped sex trafficking charges and ended an FBI investigation. Brown found dozens of potential victims, some as young as 13, and detailed the personal experiences of eight survivors. Her reporting was the basis forbestseller in 2021, and led to the arrests of Epstein and Maxwell and Acosta’s 2019 resignation as Secretary of Labor during the first administration of Epstein’s friend Donald Trump.The Morning Show