Star+ announced the premiere of the drama series “Dopesick,” starring Michael Keaton, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Will Poulter, Kaitlyn Dever and Rosario Dawson. Composed of eight episodes will premiere on Friday, November 12. The miniseries, inspired by Beth Macy’s New York Times best-selling book, will take viewers to the epicenter of America’s fight against opioid addiction: from Big Pharma’s meeting rooms, through a distraught Virginia mining community, to the halls of the DEA.
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Defying all odds, the heroes of this story will embark on an intense and exciting journey to defeat the corporate forces behind this national crisis and their allies.” Dopesick” is written by Danny Strong (“Empire,” “Recount,” “Game Change”) and directed by Barry Levinson (“Paterno,” “Rain Man”). Executive producers include Strong, John Goldwyn (“Dexter”), Keaton, Levinson, Warren Littlefield (“The Handmaid’s Tale,” “Fargo,” “The Old Man”), Beth Macy (“Dopesick”) and Karen Rosenfelt (“Twilight”).
