Ratched First Look: Sarah Paulson Reinvents Classic Villain in new Netflix Series

Matt Grobar Assistant Editor, AwardslineBoasting a 15-year career as a set decorator, Matthew Flood Ferguson found his first major TV design job in Netflix miniseries Hollywood, on which he took a deep dive into the minutiae of Hollywood’s Golden Age.Created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the starry drama is set in Post-World War II Tinseltown, following a group of actors and filmmakers who will do whatever it takes to realize their dreams.

Ratched will be landing on the streaming service on September 18 and will tell the origin story of one of cinema’s most evil and iconic characters.Yes, Ratched will tell us all about the woman behind the monster from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, the villain Nurse Ratched.Now’s your chance to get a first look at the stylish and spine-tingling horror.The show is a suspenseful drama that chronicles the history of Mildred Ratched and has been brought to life by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.Ryan

Sarah Paulson will take a seat in the director’s chair for Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story” spin-off.

Also Read: Sarah Paulson Starts Out as a Pleasant - but Peculiar - Nurse in Ryan Murphy's 'Ratched' Trailer (Video)Journalist and author Jess Kimball Leslie is writer, creator and executive producer on the project.

Ratched, Ryan Murphy's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel series on Tuesday. But if you're at all squeamish or easily scared, then this series looks like it might not be one for you...In addition to crunching bones, burned faces, and some seriously suspicious injections, there's also a couple of truly disturbing puppets to be on the lookout for in this look at the limited series.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSarah Paulson will be involved on Ryan Murphy’s new spinoff series American Horror Stories, but not necessarily on-screen.“What can I say?,” said the Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress, “I’ll be directing something.”Deadline sources have described the new project as a companion anthology series to AHS where each episode is a standalone ghost story.Murphy revealed the news of American Horror Stories back in May on Instagram.

Nurse Ratched is one of the most iconic characters in film history. Or at least, that’s what Ryan Murphy says in the new trailer for his upcoming Netflix thriller series, “Ratched.” And for many, this might be true, as the character is an imposing figure in the classic film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” But in the upcoming prequel series, starring Sarah Paulson, about the evil character’s origins, Murphy is putting his very unique stamp on the wretched Ratched.

Deadline back in 2018, Ryan Murphy called it "a feminist horror story, that a lot of women are involved with, so I keep waiting for them to tell me when something’s too much." He added: "How did she get that way? What made her do that? How do you become a sociopath? Most people are not born that way".

First-look images from new Netflix series Ratched show Sarah Paulson playing a psychiatric nurse.

Ratched,’ Netflix teases.According to Vanity Fair, Ryan Murphy, the brains behind popular shows such as Glee, Scream Queens, Pose and American Horror Story discovered the spec script by a film school graduate Evan Romansky.The Emmy-winning writer describes the show ‘an imagining of how this monster was created.’There is a seriously stellar line up on female talent involved in the show.

Nurse Ratched is getting the origin story you never knew you needed.

Ratched, Ryan Murphy's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest prequel series, which stars Sarah Paulson as the notorious Nurse Ratched. The streaming service also announced a premiere date for the limited series, which will debut Friday, Sept.

Emmys has so many incredible shows to sink your teeth into.There are two months between now and the award show, so there’s plenty of time for you to enjoy some of the series that you may not have heard of before.While the likes of Dead to Me and The Crown are up for awards, we’ve found 10 Emmy-nominated Netflix series that may not have been as high up on your ‘To Watch’ list.But trust us, you’ll want to binge them ASAP!1. HollywoodIf you loved old Hollywood glamour than Ryan Murphy’s

Also Read: 'Ratched': Cynthia Nixon, Corey Stoll, Sharon Stone Among 10 to Join Ryan Murphy's Netflix DramaOther cast members include Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, Judy Davis as Nurse Betsy Bucket, Sharon Stone as Lenore Osgood, Jon Jon Briones as Dr. Richard Hanover, Finn Wittrock as Edmund Tolleson, Charlie Carver as Huck, Alice Englert as Dolly, Amanda Plummer as Louise, Corey Stoll as Charles Wainwright, Sophie Okonedo as Charlotte and Vincent D’Onofrio as Gov.

Alexandra Del Rosario editorNearly three years after landing Sarah Paulson-starrer Ratched, Netflix announced that Ryan Murphy’s asylum drama series, inspired by the diabolical Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, will premiere on September 18.

Glee co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, and Ian Brennan announced Tuesday in a heartfelt statement that they are starting a college fund for Naya Rivera's son, Josey Dorsey. "She was a joy to write for, a joy to direct and a joy to be around," they said in a statement released by 20th Century Fox.The actress was pronounced dead this week at the age of 33 after accidentally drowning in California's Lake Piru.