Created by Cary Fukunaga Country of origin United States Director Jakob Verbruggen Genre Crime film | Directed by Jakob Verbruggen Network TNT Program creator Cary Fukunaga Language English | |
Based on The Alienist
by Caleb Carr Written by Hossein Amini
Gina Gionfriddo
E. Max Frye
John Sayles Starring Daniel Brühl
Luke Evans
Sean Astin
Dakota Fanning
Robert Wisdom
Douglas Smith
Matthew Shear
Matt Lintz
Q’orianka Kilcher Executive producers Cary Fukunaga, Hossein Amini, Jakob Verbruggen, Eric Roth, Steve Golin, Rosalie Swedlin Similar Inside Job, Cold Justice: Sex Crimes, Will, Heartland, The Rudy and Gogo World Fa | ||
The Alienist is an upcoming American drama television series based on the novel of same name by Caleb Carr.
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In April, 2015, Deadline reported that Paramount Television would adapt The Alienist as an event TV series with Anonymous Content. Paramount also announced that Oscar-winning Forrest Gump screenwriter Eric Roth had come on board the project as an executive producer, as did Hossein Amini as both writer for the series and executive producer. Moreover, it was announced that True Detective director Cary Fukunaga would direct all the episodes and serve as an executive producer.
In May, 2015, Variety reported that TNT had made a deal to produce the series at $5 million per episode. In July, 2015, writer/director John Sayles announced on his blog that he was joining the team as writer for the TV series. On July 21, 2015, Caleb Carr made an announcement that he was coming on board the series as a consulting producer. Carr said: “After twenty years of tough struggle and countless failed attempts, I’m delighted that Paramount Television, Anonymous Content and TNT have decided to join forces and bring ‘The Alienist’ to life in what, based on the material I’ve read, has the potential to be a faithful and exciting TV series. The array of talent already gathered for the project, for whom I’m pleased to be acting as consultant producer, is deeply impressive: Cary Fukunaga, Eric Roth, Hossein Amini, Gina Gionfriddo, E. Max Frye and the legendary John Sayles seem determined to do what many people said couldn’t be done: adapt the story in the ‘Alienist’ for live action in a way that both preserves the intellectual and historical integrity of the tale, while adding a gripping cinematic dimension to it. It’s my hope and expectation that, working together, we can all make this effort meet the standard expected by the very patient fans of the book, whose loyalty I consider a trust that I personally will do everything I can to protect.”
In September 2016, director Jakob Verbruggen replaced Fukunaga as director due to scheduling conflicts, although Fukanaga remained an executive producer.