James R | On 21, Aug 2021

Dr Death is checking in on STARZPLAY this September, and a new trailer gives us a first look at Joshua Jackson in the true crime drama.

The series is based on the real-life events surrounding Dr Christopher Duntsch, a Texas surgeon who earned the nickname for his maiming of more than 30 patients between 2012 and 2013. Adapted from the US podcast from Wondery, Joshua Jackson will play the doctor, a young, charismatic and ostensibly brilliant man who was building a flourishing neurosurgery practice when everything suddenly changed. Patients entered his operating room for complex but routing spinal surgeries and left permanently maimed or dead. As victims piled up, two fellow physicians, neurosurgeon Robert Henderson (Alec Baldwin) and vascular surgeon Randall Kirby (Christian Slater), set out to stop him. Dr Death explores the twisted mind of Dr. Duntsch and the failures of the system designed to protect patients.

The cast also includes Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot, The Hot Zone) and Anna Sophia Robb (The Act, Little Fires Everywhere). The series is created by Patrick Macmanus, with music by Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba. It boasts an all-female directing team which includes Maggie Kiley (Dirty John), who will also executive produce the first two episodes, Jennifer Morrison (Euphoria) and So Yong Kim (Tales from the Loop).

The series premieres on 12th September on STARZPLAY, which costs £4.99 a month. The platform is available on Virgin Media On Demand or through Amazon Prime Video Channels, both as an add-on subscription to your existing account.

Here’s the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFhIkqgEnfss

 

 

Dr Death: STARZPLAY picks up UK rights to true crime series

1st April 2021

STARZPLAY has picked up the UK rights to Peacock’s true crime series Dr Death.

The limited series is based on the real-life events surrounding Dr Christopher Duntsch, a Texas surgeon who earned the nickname for his maiming of more than 30 patients between 2012 and 2013. Adapted from the US podcast from Wondery, Joshua Jackson will play the doctor, a young, charismatic and ostensibly brilliant man who was building a flourishing neurosurgery practice when everything suddenly changed. Patients entered his operating room for complex but routing spinal surgeries and left permanently maimed or dead. As victims piled up, two fellow physicians, neurosurgeon Robert Henderson (Alec Baldwin) and vascular surgeon Randall Kirby (Christian Slater), set out to stop him. Dr Death explores the twisted mind of Dr. Duntsch and the failures of the system designed to protect patients.

The series co-stars Grace Gummer (Mr. Robot, The Hot Zone), Anna Sophia Robb (The Act, Little Fires Everywhere) and Carrie Preston (Claws, The Good Wife). It also boasts an all-female directing team which includes Maggie Kiley (Dirty John), who will also executive produce the first two episodes, Jennifer Morrison (Euphoria) and So Yong Kim (Tales from the Loop).

Produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, Dr Death is executive produced by Patrick Macmanus (The Girl from Plainville) via his Littleton Road Productions banner, under his overall deal with UCP. Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Taylor Latham also executive produce via Escape Artists, as well as Hernan Lopez and Marshall Lewy of Wondery.

STARZPLAY will stream the series exclusively in Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, the UK, and throughout Latin America, including Brazil and Mexico, following a deal with NBCUniversal Global Distribution. It joins a number of other exclusives in the UK, including The Great, Pennyworth, Ramy and STARZ’s Power spin-offs.

Starzplay Executive Vice President of International Digital Networks Superna Kalle said: “Starzplay is synonymous with gripping, dramatic, exciting stories that are told in bold style. The Wondery podcast on which Dr Death is based told a harrowing tale that captured record-setting attention when it was released in 2018. I have no doubt this will be equally captivating for our wider international audiences.”

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