Peter Sarsgaard Joins Hulu Opioid Crisis Limited Series ‘Dopesick’

Fans of British dramas can look forward to the anticipated Netflix series “Anatomy of a Scandal.” Set to shoot this year in London, the new series already boasts a strong cast, according to Deadline. Leads include Michelle Dockery, best known for her work in “Downton Abbey,” Sienna Miller (“The Loudest Voice,” “American Sniper“), and Rupert Friend (“Strange Angel,” “The Death of Stalin“).

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsEXCLUSIVE: Arthur E. Friedman and Steven Jay Rubin are developing a limited series that will explore the life of actor, Congressional Medal of Honor winner and World War II hero Audie Murphy.Friedman (Price of Glory, Beyond the Sea) and Rubin (Bleacher Bums, Silent Night) have acquired rights to the 1959 Murphy biography No Name on the Bullet, written by Don Graham.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: John Hoogenakker (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) is set as a series regular in Dopesick, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book. The project is from The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield and Touchstone Television.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Anonymous Content has put in development a limited series adaptation of Tom Cooper’s novel Florida Man, with Joel Edgerton set to star and executive produce. Quarry co-creator/exec producer Graham Gordy is attached to pen the adaptation and executive produce.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterPhillipa Soo and Jake McDorman have joined the cast of Hulu’s upcoming drama “Dopesick” in recurring guest star roles, Variety has learned exclusively.The series looks into the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, taking viewers from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the opulence of “one percenter” Big Pharma Manhattan.

Watchmentook home the Emmy Award for best limited series during Sunday night's ceremony. The HBO series beat out other nomineesLittle Fires Everywhere (Hulu),Mrs.

Watchmen was the big winner in the limited series and TV movie categories at the 2020 Emmy Awards!

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticHaving a hot streak of a night at the 2020 Emmy Awards tonight, Watchmen capped it just now with an Outstanding Limited Series win and a call to meet the challenges of history and today.“History is mystery, it is broken into a million puzzle pieces and many are missing,” said series creator Damon Lindelof on Sunday in his acceptance speech for the HBO show.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has put in development Unsportsmanlike Conduct, a limited series based on Walter Byers’ book Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes. The project hails from Cobra Kai co-executive producers Joe Piarulli and Luan Thomas, series creators/exec producers/showrunners Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, & Hayden Schlossberg and their Counterbalance Entertainment, Sharon Hall (Euphoria) and Jon Steinberg (The Rookie).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Will Poulter is set as a series regular opposite Michael Keaton, Kaitlyn Dever and Peter Sarsgaard in Dopesick, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book.

The Comey Rule operates from a false premise. The Showtime limited series, which will inevitably be watched through each individual's own political lens, coloring their interpretation of it*, dramatizes former FBI Director James Comey's memoir about his role in shaping the outcome of the 2016 election and his meetings with President Donald Trump in the months after the election.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticHBO has been familiar in the Outstanding Limited Series winners circle, last year triumphing overwhelmingly with Chernobyl, even though Netflix gave them a run for their money with When They See Us. This year the two will go head to head again, but HBO seems to have the magic touch here, and, if not them, it has been FX in past seasons, with Ryan Murphy fare, such as The People v.

Also Read: Peter Sarsgaard Joins Hulu's 'Dopesick'Dever joins Keaton and Peter Sarsgaard, who will also star in the series as Rick Mountcastle, an assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the Purdue Pharma case.Touchstone Television’s “Dopesick” is written by “Empire” co-creator Danny Strong and will be directed by Barry Levinson.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Unbelievable star Kaitlyn Dever is set as a lead opposite Michael Keaton in Dopesick, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book, from The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield and Touchstone Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Danny Strong and directed by Barry Levinson, Dopesick is described as an ambitious, harrowing and compelling look into the

Every streaming channel needs their flagship horror anthology series. Netflix has, at least, the ‘Haunting Of’ franchise which becomes “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” this fall and Amazon is going a slightly different route with a film anthology series that’s a partnership with Blumhouse Productions.

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.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterEmma Roberts and her Belletrist TV banner have signed a first-look TV deal with Hulu.The deal will focus on literary adaptations, as Belletrist was originally founded by Roberts and Karah Preiss as a book club.