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Len Amato, the former President of HBO Films, Miniseries and Cinemax, has been named chief content officer at MasterClass. He will head the content organization and help lead content innovation, strategy and development of class launches for the educational streaming platform.

Will Poulter joins Kaitlyn Dever at the premiere of Dopesick during the 2021 BFI London Film Festival at The Mayfair Hotel on Wednesday (October 13) in London, England.

LOS ANGELES -- Actor Danny Strong pops up regularly in an eclectic batch of series ranging from the lightness of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gilmore Girls” to the dark corruption of “Billions.”But when it comes to investing his time as an Emmy-winning writer and producer, there’s consistency in the projects, whether the subject is politics (“Recount,” “Game Change”) or race (“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”). Strong's work is topical and trenchant.Hulu's “Dopesick” fits the pattern.

Michael Keaton comes, a captivating, star-studded true-crime saga that recounts how one company’s “miracle drug” let to America’s decades-long opioid crisis before the government was able to bring it down. Inspired by Beth Macy’s New York Times best-seller,, the Hulu miniseries strikes a balance between legal thriller and harrowing character drama as it goes from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma to the courtroom to a small mining community struggling to survive.

Hulu’s “Dopesick” is a capital-D Drama, a “very important” series that’s about nothing less than how this country has been torn apart by greed and addiction related to the sale of Oxycontin. Creator Danny Strong (“Recount,” “Game Change”) and directors like Barry Levinson and Michael Cuesta guide a remarkable ensemble in a “Traffic”-esque approach to the opioid crisis in the heartland of America from its origins in corporate boardrooms to its impact in American living rooms.

The cast of Dopesick gathers up for a group shot at the premiere of the series held at Museum of Modern Art on Monday (October 4) in New York City.

The opioid crisis in the United States is a very tragic, heartbreaking issue. So many people have died due to what has now been proven to be a reckless solicitation of pain medication by pharmaceutical companies.

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OxyContin and its dangerous control over rural communities take center stage in Hulu’s upcoming Dopesick. While the limited series, based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book, takes from real anecdotes of addiction, creator and executive producer Danny Strong said elements of fiction help further expose the true tales of the epidemic.

Hulu unveiled the upcoming release dates for its fall schedule including the return of favorite originals The Great and Animaniacs, as well as freshman series , from Empire’s Danny Strong.

The relevance of America’s opioid crisis is not going away any time soon, and Hulu is addressing it head one with a new series coming to the streaming service coming in October. From executive producer Danny Strong and starring/executive produced by Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history.

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David Boreanaz has spoken out on the misconduct allegations against Joss Whedon, joining a growing group of former Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel castmembers to support their former co-star Charisma Carpenter. Danny Strong, Adam Busch and Tom Lenk — the "Trio" of villains from season six of Buffy — also lent their support online for Carpenter, as did her former Angel co-star Amy Acker.

Fox has opted not to proceed with a spinoff from its signature drama series Empire centered on the larger-than-life character of Cookie Lyon, played by Golden Globe winner Taraji P. Henson. Disney TV Studios’ 20th Television, which produces the project with Imagine TV, is currently shopping it to Disney outlets ABC and Hulu, I hear.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPeter Sarsgaard is set as a series regular opposite Michael Keaton in Dopesick, an eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book.

Taraji P. Henson is rejoining some of her “Empire” family for a new spin-off.

Michael Keaton is heading to Hulu!

After more than a decade, Michael Keaton is ready to venture back into the world of TV, for a new series on Hulu titled “Dopesick.” According to THR, Keaton will star in the upcoming series “Dopesick,” written and showrun by Danny Strong (“Empire”) and directed by Barry Levinson. The series looks at the various angles surrounding the current opioid crisis that is ravaging the US.

Will Thorne Staff WriterMichael Keaton has signed on for his first leading role on television in quite a while.The “Birdman” and “Spotlight” alum will star in a new Hulu series about the opioid crisis called “Dopesick,” which has received a straight-to-series order from the streamer.The eight-episode limited series hails from “Empire” co-creator Danny Strong, and will be directed by “Rain Man” helmer Barry Levinson.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHulu has given a straight-to-series order to Dopesick, an eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book, with Michael Keaton attached to star.

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Producers at hit TV show Empire are still hoping to resume production after the coronavirus lockdown and shoot the ending they’d originally planned.

Empire co-creators Lee Daniels and Danny Strong are optimistic that there's more story left in their Fox hip-hop drama. On Tuesday (April 14), Fox announced that the April 21 episode of the drama starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson would officially serve as its series finale as its two remaining hours could not be produced amid the near-industrywide production shutdown. Still, Daniels and Strong left the door

Empire‘s next episode will also be its finale for the foreseeable future.

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