Cary Fukunaga's 'The Alienist'

[Boom]

http://www.thewrap.com/cary-fukunaga-to-direct-the-alienist-tv-series/

This sounds all kinds of amazing.

 

[LoganGambit87]

‘The Alienist’: Daniel Brühl & Luke Evans Cast In TNT Drama Series

Daniel Brühl (Rush, Inglorious Bastards) and Luke Evans (The Girl on The Train, The Hobbit trilogy) have been cast in key roles in The Alienist, TNT’s upcoming straight-to-series drama.Based on the international best-selling novel by Caleb Carr, The Alienist is a psychological thriller set in the Gilded Age of New York City in 1896, a city of vast wealth, extreme poverty and technological innovation. When a series of haunting, gruesome murders of boy prostitutes grips the city, newly appointed Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt calls upon criminal psychologist (aka alienist) Dr. Laszlo Kreizler (Brühl) and newspaper reporter John Moore (Evans) to conduct the investigation in secret. They are aided by a makeshift crew of singular characters, among them the intrepid Sara Howard, a young secretary on Roosevelt’s staff who is determined to become NYC’s first female police detective. Using the emerging disciplines of psychology and early forensic investigation techniques, this band of social outsiders tracks down one of New York’s first serial killers.

Known as an alienist – one who studies mental pathologies – Brühl’s Dr. Kriezler works as a specialist in deviant behavior. His profession, along with his careless intensity, makes him a social pariah in some circles, despite his striking good looks and a sophisticated sensibility. Kreizler is passionate about his work and tireless in his efforts to seek out the depraved killer whose vicious, barbaric and ritualistic deeds have terrorized the city’s poorest residents. In doing so, he hopes to also unravel the traumatic mysteries of the human psyche, especially his own, and answer the question behind what makes a man into a murderer.

Handsome, easygoing, easily distracted and prone to melancholy, Evans’ Moore is a society illustrator for The New York Times and a longtime friend of Dr. Kreizler and Commissioner Roosevelt. While Moore is drowning his sorrows and lamenting the loss of a former lover, Kreizler summons him to the scene of a brutal crime. Always lacking drive and a meaning to his pursuits, he throws himself into assisting Kreizler’s investigation into the grisly murders and comes to face some hard truths about himself.

Slated to premiere in late 2017 on TNT, The Alienist will be directed and executive-produced by BAFTA-nominated director Jakob Verbruggen (Black Mirror). The series is a co-production of Paramount Television and Turner’s Studio T. Cary Fukunaga (True Detective), Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), Hossein Amini (Drive) and Anonymous Content’s Steve Golin and Rosalie Swedlin, all serve as executive producers. Production will begin in early 2017 in Budapest.

Brühl, known for his work in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, and Ron Howard’s Rush, most recently shot God Particle and The Zookeeper’s Wife and is currently filming Entebbe.

Evans, known as the the heroic Bard the Bowman in Peter Jackson’s epic trilogy The Hobbit and for the title role in Dracula Untold, just wrapped leading roles in features State Like Sleep and Professor Marston.

 

[SV Fan]

 

[Kaleb]

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[David H.]

So, Cary went ahead and made his own True Detective season two?

 

[Kaleb]

So, Cary went ahead and made his own True Detective season two?

lol yeah basically.

 

[squeekness]

Finally seeing ads for this and I'm getting excited. I read the books by Caleb Carr and they were fantastic. Hopefully this show will be just as good when it starts on TNT January 22.

 

[Deck Rickard]

This looks crazy good. Love the cast, love Cary... can’t wait!

 

[squeekness]

It's been killing me because I've heard about it for so long and it never showed up. Now we finally have a start date.

 

[Quasar]

It's on tonight.

 

[squeekness]

I've been looking forward to this for a long time. The books were fantastic.

 

[KevTravels]

I can't wait. It's a shame its not on netflix. I wanna binge it rather than keep going back to it for 8 or 10 weeks.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Saw this last night. So good! Great atmosphere and Brühl just kills it.

 

[BestGirl]

It's okay. I'm not really taken with any of the characters but it's early yet.

Was anyone else struggling with all the accents?

I really don't like the actor who plays Roosevelt. He has no charisma or energy and I've always imagined TR as having a lot of both.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah, the Roosevelt guy is definitely the weak link in the cast so far.

 

[BestGirl]

At the end of the episode, how did the killer get through that hole in the roof? It did not look accessible from the floor.

 

[squeekness]

This show mustg have been crazy good, I had all strange dreams about it last night after watching it.

 

[scarlet-witch]

This show mustg have been crazy good, I had all strange dreams about it last night after watching it.

I can't stop thinking about this show. It's caused me to go on a Daniel Bruhl movie kick.

 

[squeekness]

I only really know him from Inglorious Basterds.

 

[David H.]

You haven’t seen Civil War?

 

[Kaleb]

He was brilliant in Rush.

 

[squeekness]

You haven’t seen Civil War?

Crap. I forgot he was in that. Yes, I have.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I'm enjoying this quite a bit honestly. I have never heard of the source material, but I really like the actors involved, especially Evans and Brühl. It has a great atmosphere and I'm not going to lie there have already been more than a few moments in both episodes so far that have made me squirm and feel uncomfortable, but in a good way.

 

[squeekness]

So far they've done an excellent job. I am optimistic that it will hold up all season. I'm hoping they go on to do the second book as well.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Brühl got snubbed for an Oscar nom in Rush. That year was really crowded but he was excellent in that film.

I'm glad to see Dakota in something popular again. It seems like Elle is in far more films than her nowadays but she's always been my favorite Fanning.