Fresh off the arrival of “Monster: The Ed Gein Story,” Netflix has announced that production is now underway on the anthology series’ fourth season, centered on Lizzie Borden.
Ella Beatty will be playing Borden in the next season of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s series, which has thus far focused on Jeffrey Dahmer, the Menendez Brothers, and Ed Gein.
The news of the fourth season of “Monster” starting production in Los Angeles, CA was paired with a “Monster” anthology editorial handoff photo featuring Season Three star Charlie Hunnam (Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Sons of Anarchy) and upcoming Season Four star Ella Beatty (Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You).
The upcoming fourth installment follows the series’ first female “monster,” Lizzie Borden, who will be played by Beatty alongside Hunnam as Andrew Borden, Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Corsage) as Bridget Sullivan, Rebecca Hall (Christine, Passing) as Abby Borden, Billie Lourd (American Horror Story, The Last Showgirl) as Emma Borden, and Jessica Barden (The End of the F***ing World, Dune: Prophecy) as Nance O’Neill.
Max Winkler (Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Flower) will direct the first episode.
The first installment DAHMER: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, premiered September 2022 and received 13 Emmy Nominations and 1 win. Reaching 1 billion view hours in its first 60 days, one of only five titles to achieve this milestone, the series currently ranks #4 on Netflix’s Most Popular Shows list.
The second installment Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, premiered in September 2024 and received 11 Emmy Nominations and 1 win.
The recent third season, Monster: The Ed Gein Story starring Charlie Hunnam as the titular monster launched globally on Netflix on October 3, 2025 and broke into Netflix’s Top 10 with 12.2 million views globally in its first three days and reached #1 in 11 countries.
Monster. (L to R) Ella Beatty, Charlie Hunnam in Monster. Cr. Sally Montana/Netflix © 2025
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