The eight-episode series delves into the origins of the opioid crisis and is based on 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 Barry Meier.

Peter Berg is attached to direct all episodes of the series from a script penned by Emmy-winning writing duo Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster.

“I’m grateful to Micah & Noah, and Alex for bringing this story to me. Noah and Micah’s narrative of how it happened, based on the spectacular reporting of Patrick Radden Keefe and Barry Meier, is heartbreaking and terrifying. I’m honored to be working with the great Alex Gibney and I’m thrilled that Peter Berg is coming on to direct it.”

“I am really charged to be a part of such an in-depth exploration of the genesis of the opioid travesty,” Berg said. “Companies that profit off of death and addiction are fair game to me when it comes to illuminating the realities of how they go about their business.”

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The Americans alum will star in the titular role in the Tim Van Patten-helmed series. Van Patten, whose credits include Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos is on board to direct and executive produce. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project has been in development for a while, first as a feature film, then as a series. Back in 2016 True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto was attached to write, but then when Pizzolatto exited the project and was replaced with Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald as writers and showrunners. 

The series is based on the Erle Stanley Gardner novels but will focus on Mason’s origin story. It will follow Mason who’s living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, haunted by his wartime experiences and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. But when a child is kidnapped, his pursuit of the truth may offer him a shot at redemption.

The original Perry Mason series aired from 1957-66 on CBS, and starred Raymond Burr.

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The eight-episode series delves into the origins of the opioid crisis and is based on 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 Barry Meier.

Peter Berg is attached to direct all episodes of the series from a script penned by Emmy-winning writing duo Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster.

“I’m grateful to Micah & Noah, and Alex for bringing this story to me. Noah and Micah’s narrative of how it happened, based on the spectacular reporting of Patrick Radden Keefe and Barry Meier, is heartbreaking and terrifying. I’m honored to be working with the great Alex Gibney and I’m thrilled that Peter Berg is coming on to direct it.”

“I am really charged to be a part of such an in-depth exploration of the genesis of the opioid travesty,” Berg said. “Companies that profit off of death and addiction are fair game to me when it comes to illuminating the realities of how they go about their business.”

The post Netflix Sets New Series From “Narcos” Showrunner appeared first on Entertainment For Us.

The Americans alum will star in the titular role in the Tim Van Patten-helmed series. Van Patten, whose credits include Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos is on board to direct and executive produce. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the project has been in development for a while, first as a feature film, then as a series. Back in 2016 True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto was attached to write, but then when Pizzolatto exited the project and was replaced with Rolin Jones and Ron Fitzgerald as writers and showrunners. 

The series is based on the Erle Stanley Gardner novels but will focus on Mason’s origin story. It will follow Mason who’s living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, haunted by his wartime experiences and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. But when a child is kidnapped, his pursuit of the truth may offer him a shot at redemption.

The original Perry Mason series aired from 1957-66 on CBS, and starred Raymond Burr.

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