“None of This Is True” Is Begging to Be the Next Netflix Obsession
A chilling psychological thriller that blurs the line between victim and villain.
Lisa Jewell’s None of This Is True reads like it was written with the screen in mind—an unnerving, twist-laden true-crime drama that would be right at home on Netflix, Hulu, or HBO Max. With its layered narrative, unreliable narrators, and morally ambiguous characters, it’s the kind of story that keeps audiences binging episode after episode, questioning everything.
The premise is perfect for a docu-drama hybrid format: Alix Summer, a podcaster and journalist, stumbles upon Josie Fair, her eerie “birthday twin,” who wants to share her disturbing life story. What starts as a casual podcast idea quickly escalates into a chilling tale of manipulation, trauma, and obsession. As the documentary series within the story—Hi! I’m Your Birthday Twin!—takes shape, so too does a mystery that begins to unravel the lives of everyone involved.
The structure—told through transcripts, shifting POVs, and a growing body count—invites a gripping screen adaptation that plays with format: think The Staircase meets You with echoes of The Sinner. The deaths, the gaslighting, and the claustrophobic unraveling of Alix’s home life make for white-knuckle television.
Josie Fair is a character destined for Emmy-worthy performances: vulnerable one moment, terrifying the next, always dancing on the edge of truth and fabrication. Her story forces viewers to ask: Who gets to own their trauma? Who controls the narrative? And what happens when the storyteller becomes the story?
Lisa Jewell’s masterful psychological suspense is not only timely, but tailor-made for prestige streaming—a terrifying slow burn about how our darkest secrets are often hiding in plain sight.
Dark, twisty, and deliciously bingeable—None of This Is True needs to hit your screen.
Genre: Science Fiction
