Netflix to Debut 'Unbelievable' Limited Series in September

Netflix has set a Sept. 13 date for the debut of its new limited drama series Unbelievable.

The series stars Toni Collette as a detective investigating a sexual assault reported by a young teen (Kaitlyn Dever) that people around the victim have come to doubt.

Inspired by real events in The Marshall Project and ProPublica Pulitzer Prize-winning article, An Unbelievable Story of Rape, and the This American Life radio episode, Anatomy of Doubt, Unbelievable also stars Merritt Wever, according to Netflix.

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