The Hulu series is based on Beth Macy’s 2018 book about the ongoing opioid crisis in America.
Dopesickwill be an eight-episode limited series from Keaton and writerDanny Strong(Empire).
It’ll feature Keaton as Samuel Finnix, a doctor who becomes entangled in the world of Big Pharma.
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The series will be directed byBarry Levinson(Rain Man, Man of the Year).
Laws were broken and many lies were told.
The answers Macy arrives at are bleak, fatalistic, and enraging."
Dopesickwill stream on Hulu, with a premiere date not yet announced.
