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  • Trailer of Netflix’s limited series Painkiller is out 

    By Express News Service

    Netflix dropped the trailer of the upcoming limited series Painkiller. The series will premiere on August 10. 

    Painkiller is based on the book Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier and the New York article The Family That Built an Empire of Pain authored by Patrick Radden Keefe. 

    The film’s official logline read, “The causes and consequences of America’s opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.”

    Here is the trailer.

    Painkiller stars Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick and Taylor Kitsch in prominent roles. Executive-produced by Eric Newman, Peter Berg, and Alex Gibney, the series has Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster serve as the showrunners. 

    The series also features West Duchovny, Dina Shihabi, John Rothman and Tyler Ritter. 

    (The story originally appeared on Cinema Xpress)

    Netflix dropped the trailer of the upcoming limited series Painkiller. The series will premiere on August 10. 

    Painkiller is based on the book Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier and the New York article The Family That Built an Empire of Pain authored by Patrick Radden Keefe. 

    The film’s official logline read, “The causes and consequences of America’s opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.”googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    Here is the trailer.

    Painkiller stars Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick and Taylor Kitsch in prominent roles. Executive-produced by Eric Newman, Peter Berg, and Alex Gibney, the series has Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster serve as the showrunners. 

    The series also features West Duchovny, Dina Shihabi, John Rothman and Tyler Ritter. 

    (The story originally appeared on Cinema Xpress)

  • Netflix limited drama series ‘Painkiller’ gets cast members

    By Express News Service

    Actors Taylor Kitsch, Ana Cruz Kayne, Tyler Ritter, and John Ales have all joined Netflix’s upcoming limited drama series titled Painkiller.

    Other new additions include Sam Anderson, Carolina Bartczak, Jack Mulhern, and Ron Lea. The actors will join the previously announced cast including Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, West Duchovny, Dina Shihabi, and John Rothman.

    Painkiller is inspired by the New Yorker article ‘The Family That Built an Empire of Pain’ by Patrick Radden Keefe and the book Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and author Barry Meier.

    The story explores the origins of the opioid crisis and the role of Purdue Pharma. Written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, the six episodes of the series are directed by Peter Berg. The production of the series is set to begin later this year in Toronto.

    Fitzerman-Blue and Harpster will also executive produce and serve as showrunners. The drama is also executive produced by Eric Newman, Alex Gibney and Berg. Both Keefe and Meier serve as consultants on the series.