Actor Michael Keaton will make his streaming debut with the opioid crisis drama Dopesick. The Birdman star will also executive produce Dopesick, which is an eight-episode limited series exploring the opioid crisis. It is based on the best-selling book by Beth Macy, reports a website.
Empire co-creator Danny Strong is on board to pen the scripts and serve as showrunner. Published in August 2018, Dopesick is described as an “ambitious and harrowing look into the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction”.
In the series, Keaton will star as Samuel Finnix, an old-school doctor who approaches his practice with kindness and compassion but finds himself embroiled in Big Pharma’s secret.