Airdate: Ratched
Ryan Murphy-produced prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, is coming to Netflix.
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Ratched, a prequel to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, is coming to Netflix in September.
The series from producers Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan is created by Evan Romansky.
It stars Sarah Paulson (pictured above) as Mildred Ratched, Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, Judy Davis (pictured below) as Nurse Betsy Bucket, Sharon Stone as Lenore Osgood, Jon Jon Briones as Dr. Richard Hanover, Finn Wittrock as Edmund Tolleson, Charlie Carver as Huck, Alice Englert as Dolly, Amanda Plummer as Louise, Corey Stoll as Charles Wainwright, Sophie Okonedo as Charlotte and Vincent D’Onofrio as Gov. George Wilburn.
In 1947, Mildred arrives in Northern California to seek employment at a leading psychiatric hospital where new and unsettling experiments have begun on the human mind. On a clandestine mission, Mildred presents herself as the perfect image of what a dedicated nurse should be, but the wheels are always turning and as she begins to infiltrate the mental health care system and those within it, Mildred’s stylish exterior belies a growing darkness that has long been smoldering within, revealing that true monsters are made, not born.
The series is executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Sarah Paulson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Aleen Keshishian, Jacob Epstein, Jennifer Salt, Margaret Riley, Michael Douglas, Robert Mitas and Tim Minear.
Friday September 18 on Netflix.
- Tagged with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ratched
3 Responses
This has already had a 2 season order with a storyline arc that plays out to 4 seasons according to Murphy.
this show is ridiculous mr king has nothing to do with it and if anything like the stupid woke Hollywood it will be another dud
um Leo what do you actually mean? Your comment isn’t clear at all.