Netflix has released a trailer and images for Painkiller, the limited drama series from director Peter Berg.
Based on Barry Meier’s book of the same name and the New Yorker article ‘The Family That Built an Empire of Pain’ by Patrick Radden Keefe, the series is a fictionalised retelling of the opioid epidemic in the US, following the stories of the perpetrators, victims and truth-seekers of the those whose lives were impacted by the invention OxyContin.
A fictionalized retelling of events, PAINKILLER is a scripted limited series that explores some of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, highlighting the stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin. An examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans.
The series stars 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, and Tyler Ritter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24-YonhNS0Y
Painkiller arrives on Netflix on August 10th.
