The trailer for Netflix’s new limited series “Painkiller” has arrived.
Inspired by real events based on America’s opioid crisis, the look-ahead clip sees an investigator with the US attorney’s office (Uzo Aduba) look into “how something so legally prescribed could be killing so many people.”
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The official synopsis reads: “A fictionalized retelling of events, ‘Painkiller’ is a scripted limited series that explores some of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, highlighting the stories of the perpetrators, victims, and truth-seekers whose lives are forever altered by the invention of OxyContin.”
“An examination of crime, accountability, and the systems that have repeatedly failed hundreds of thousands of Americans, ‘Painkiller’ is based on the book Pain Killer by Barry Meier and the [2017] New Yorker Magazine article ‘The Family That Built an Empire of Pain’ by Patrick Radden Keefe,” the synopsis continues.
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“All of human behaviour is essentially comprised of two things — run from pain, run toward pleasure,” Matthew Broderick’s character Richard Sackler says in the trailer.
The crime/drama — filmed in Toronto — also stars Taylor Kitsch, Dina Shihabi, West Duchovny and John Rothman, plus guest stars Clark Gregg, Jack Mulhern, Sam Anderson, Ana Cruz Kayne, Brian Markinson, Noah Harpster, John Ales, Johnny Sneed, Tyler Ritter and Carolina Bartczak.
The upcoming series, directed by Peter Berg, is comprised of six one-hour long episodes.
“Painkiller” premieres August 10 on Netflix.
