MCU star Jeremy Renner will play David Armstrong, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who helped uncover the Slacker family’s ties to the U.S. opioid epidemic in a new biopic. Against all odds Producer Julie Yorn.
Aaron Godet and Gita Pulapil will write and direct the as-yet-untitled project, which Yorn directs with 101 studios pitching it to buyers in Cannes.
In a series of articles based on electronic mail and secret documents, Armstrong helped to discover how the Clergy family was involved in the aggressive marketing of the OxyContin pain reliever from Purdue, which contributed to a national epidemic of opioids that killed more than 450 people. in the United States. . He revealed how he supported Purdue co-chairman and president Richard Sackler, who supported the company’s plan to mislead doctors about the drug’s potency.
The Sackler family’s involvement in the OxyContin promotion has since been adapted for the screen, the story being covered in a Disney+ limited series. dopsikIn which Michael Stulberg played Richard Sackler.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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