Today, Netflix, the world's leading Internet entertainment service, announced that the highly anticipated series THE ALIENIST, starring Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans, will launch on April 19th exclusively on Netflix everywhere excluding the U.S. and France. All ten episodes will be available at once for members around the world.
An unflinching psychological thriller set amidst the underbelly of New York City's "Gilded Age,"
THE ALIENIST follows Laszlo Kreizler (Daniel Brühl, Inglourious Basterds, Rush, Captain America: Civil War), a brilliant and obsessive "Alienist" in the controversial new field of treating mental pathologies, who holds the key to hunting down a never-before-seen ritualistic killer murdering young boys. Based on the award-winning, fan-favorite novel by Caleb Carr, with standout performances from
Luke Evans (The Girl on the Train) and
Dakota Fanning (American Pastoral),
THE ALIENIST is a gripping, turn-of-the-century murder mystery like none other: the story of the emergence of the world's most powerful city that will stop at nothing to bury its darkest secrets.
In The Alienist,
Luke Evans plays newspaper illustrator
John Moore and
Dakota Fanning plays Sara Howard, an ambitious secretary determined to become the city's first female police detective. The series also stars
Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker) as police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt,
Douglas Smith (Miss Sloane) and Matthew Shear (Mistress America) as Marcus and Lucius Isaacson, twin brothers who help unravel the disturbing mystery; Matt Lintz (Pixels) as Stevie, a tough, young boy employed by Dr. Kreizler as a driver and errand boy;
Robert Ray Wisdom (The Wire) as Cyrus, Kreizler's valet, a man with a dark past who has been reformed by Kreizler; and Q'orianka Kilcher (The New World) as Mary, Kreizler's mute maid with whom he shares a special unspoken connection.
"The response to the show in the US has been incredible and now I can't wait for the rest of the world to watch it", says
Luke Evans.
"To play one of the most compelling characters I've ever read on the page has been a huge honour", says Daniel Brühl. "Caleb Carr devised a fascinating world of intrigue and complexity, and I look forward to international audiences seeing how our brilliant cast and creatives have brought his words to life."
"I am very proud of this show, and really excited that people will be able to watch it all at once", adds
Dakota Fanning.
Shot in Budapest, Hungary,
THE ALIENIST is a co-production of Paramount Television and Turner's Studio T. BAFTA-nominee Jakob Verbruggen (Black Mirror) serves as director and executive producer along with Academy Award® winner Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Academy Award® nominees Hossein Amini (Drive) and E. Max Frye (Foxcatcher),
Anonymous Content's
Steve Golin and Rosalie Swedlin, along with Chris Symes and Emmy® winner Cary Fukunaga (True Detective). Serving as co-executive producers on the series are Marshall Persinger (Rectify) and Jamie Payne (The Driver).
About
Netflix Netflix is the world's leading internet entertainment service with over 109 million members in over 190 countries enjoying more than 140 million hours of TV shows and movies per day, including original series, documentaries and feature films. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.
About Paramount Television Paramount Television is a leading studio, developing and financing a wide range of cutting-edge and entertaining television content across all media platforms for distribution worldwide. The studio's robust slate includes
Tom Clancy's "
Jack Ryan" (Amazon), "13 Reasons Why" (Netflix),"Maniac" (Netflix), "Shooter" (USA), "Berlin Station" (EPIX), "The Alienist" (TNT), "The Haunting of Hill House" (Netflix), "Catch-22' (Hulu), "Galaxy Quest" (Amazon), "Girls Code" (Freeform) and "Snow Crash" (Amazon), among others. Additionally, Paramount Digital Entertainment (PDE) is behind hit digital series including "Bajillion Dollar Propertie$"; "The Hotwives of Orlando" and "The Hotwives of Las Vegas" (Hulu). Paramount Television and Paramount Digital Entertainment are part of
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a subsidiary of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), a global content company with premier television, film and digital entertainment brands.
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