Alison Dirr

USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin

The "Making a Murderer" filmmakers are back in the headlines with some food for thought — and talk of their next project.

Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi spoke about the question of ambiguity in the justice system in their Q&A with the LA Times earlier this week.

Asked about the podcasts, speaking tours and discussions to come out of the series, Ricciardi answered, "The response to the series has taken on a life of its own. But what we’re really taking on in the series is the role of truth and justice in the American criminal justice system. If there’s ambiguity – which we believe there is – about who killed Teresa Halbach, then the question is, what do you do with that ambiguity? We were trying to show the experience of the accused in the criminal justice system. Do we really give any weight to individual rights?"

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The filmmakers haven't confirmed a second season of "Making a Murderer" but that doesn't mean they aren't looking for a new project.

The filmmakers have reportedly teamed up with George Clooney to adapt a Huffington Post article titled, "America's Most Admired Lawbreaker," the Independent and Variety report. Unlike the New York Times story that got them interested in Steven Avery's case, this article comes in 15 parts, so settle in for a long read.

The story by Steven Brill is billed like this: "Over the course of 20 years, Johnson & Johnson created a powerful drug, promoted it illegally to children and the elderly, covered up the side effects and made billions of dollars. This is the inside story."

The "Making a Murderer" filmmakers will direct the series.

Also, one of Avery's defense attorneys, Jerry Buting, tells reason.tv that he never bought the state's case in Avery's trial.

"When we started digging into the evidence — what little evidence there was that pointed to his guilt — looks so suspicious that, you know, it just really became very questionable in my mind not only that he was innocent but that there was some manipulation of the evidence that was going on by somebody," Buting said.

He touches on reddit theories, Brendan Dassey's case and confession, and former Calumet County District Attorney Ken Kratz's now-infamous press conference.

Watch the full interview here:

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