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Painkiller is an American drama television miniseries created by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. [4] Based on Patrick Radden Keefe's New Yorker article "The Family That Built an Empire of Pain" and Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America's Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier, [5] the series focuses on the birth of the opioid crisis, with an emphasis on Purdue Pharma, the ...
Netflix's 'Painkiller' tells the story of the OxyContin crisis in the United States. The miniseries includes a few real characters, see who they were based on. The 'Painkiller' Cast Looks A Lot ...
Taylor Kitsch plays Glen Kryger, one of the people whose lives were ruined by the opioid crisis, in Netflix's Painkiller. His character is inspired by real people. Glen Kryger in ‘Painkiller ...
The tough-to-watch series explores the role that big pharma execs played in the crisis, from green-lighting the release of a painkiller called OxyContin—despite knowing how addictive it is—to ...
Painkiller Jane is a television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the US starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it starred Kristanna Loken as the title character.
Alaina Kalanj (also known as Alaina Huffman) (born April 17, 1980) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for the television series Painkiller Jane, where she played the character Maureen Bowers.
Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) [1] is a Canadian actor. He is known for portraying Tim Riggins in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He has also worked in films such as X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Battleship (2012), John Carter (2012), Savages (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), The Grand Seduction (2014), American Assassin (2017), Only The Brave (2017), and 21 ...
The series is based on Barry Meier’s 2018 book Pain Killer, as well as Patrick Radden Keefe’s 2017 New Yorker article “The Family That Built an Empire of Pain.” Creators Micah Fitzerman ...