DURHAM, N.C. -- Netflix has ordered a true crime docuseries based on the Michael Peterson case called, The Staircase.

The French television miniseries first aired in 2004 from Oscar-winning filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. Netflix will air three brand new episodes, along with the original series.

The three new episodes premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York later this month and on Netflix this summer.

In a press release, Netflix says,  “Jean-Xavier de Lestrade was granted unusual access to the case immediately following Kathleen's death in 2001 in Durham, North Carolina. Her husband, Michael, a local public figure and successful novelist, quickly becomes the prime suspect. De Lestrade's cameras were on hand to capture every moment of this extraordinary story from arrest to verdict, following in intimate detail Peterson's home, the family and his defense team as it considered its strategic options.”

This order comes as a event series on Investigation Discovery tackled the Peterson case as well. 

Peterson was convicted of killing his wife and sentenced to life in prison in 2003. He maintained his wife fell down the stairs, but prosecutors argued she was beaten to death.

Then, eight years later in 2011, Peterson was released when his conviction was overturned.

He was granted a new trial but was not retried with the new plea.