Painkiller lastly has its arrival date. The restricted drama was first introduced by Netflix in 2021 with the reveal of its forged. Six episodes had been produced for the collection, which arrives on August tenth.
Starring Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, West Duchovny, John Rothman, Clark Gregg, Jack Mulhern, Sam Anderson, Ana Cruz Kayne, Brian Markinson, Noah Harpster, John Ales, Johnny Sneed, Tyler Ritter, and Carolina Bartczak, the collection follows the opioid disaster.
Netflix revealed extra in regards to the upcoming collection in a press launch.
“A fictionalized retelling of occasions, PAINKILLER is a scripted restricted collection that explores a number of the origins and aftermath of the opioid disaster in America, highlighting the tales of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are ceaselessly altered by the invention of OxyContin. An examination of crime, accountability, and the methods which have repeatedly failed a whole lot of 1000’s of Individuals, PAINKILLER is predicated on the ebook PAIN KILLER by Barry Meier and the New Yorker Journal article ‘The Household That Constructed anthe Empire of Ache’ by Patrick Radden Keefe. Govt produced by Eric Newman, Pete Berg, Alex Gibney, and showrunners/creators Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster. Starring Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, and West Duchovny.”
Peter Berg, director and government producer of the collection, mentioned the next in regards to the drama:
“Everybody is aware of that the opioid disaster is unhealthy. However that is the origin story of the collision between medication and cash that allowed it to occur. One of many many issues that I assumed was lacking [from the conversation about OxyContin] was the introduction of the drug into mainstream medication. How Arthur Sackler, this psychiatrist from New York who specialised in lobotomies, began to comprehend that the long run was in tablets – particularly in promoting tablets. Whoever may market their drug higher was going to take advantage of cash.”
The trailer for Painkiller is under.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24-YonhNS0Y
What do you think? Are you planning to observe this new drama on Netflix?