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Genre | Medical drama |
Based on | Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Production company | ABC Signature |
Distributor | Apple Inc. |
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Original network | Apple TV+ |
Five Days at Memorial is an upcoming American medical drama television miniseries based on the 2013 book Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink. The miniseries will be written and directed by John Ridley and Carlton Cuse for Apple TV+.
Depicts the difficulties a New Orleans hospital endures after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall on the city.
In 2013, shortly after its release, Scott Rudin acquired the rights to adapt Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital as a film to be produced with Eli Bush under Scott Rudin Productions.[1]
By 2017, the film rights had reportedly lapsed, prompting Ryan Murphy to approach Scott Rudin about adapting Five Days at Memorial for television as the third season of the true crime anthology series American Crime Story, with Sarah Paulson set to star as Dr. Anna Pou.[2] The adaptation, however, never came to fruition, and in 2019, Rudin started shopping the project elsewhere.[3]
As part of his overall deal with ABC Signature, Carlton Cuse acquired the television rights, and then contacted John Ridley to collaborate. In September 2020, Apple ordered Five Days at Memorial as a limited series to be produced for Apple TV+. Both Cuse and Ridley will serve as writers, directors, executive producers, and co-showrunners of the series.[4][5]
Vera Farmiga was cast in March 2021, with Adepero Oduye, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Julie Ann Emery joining in April 2021, Cherry Jones and Molly Hager joining in May 2021, Michael Gaston joining in June 2021, and Joe Carroll joining in August 2021.[6][5][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Production took place from May 25 to November 10, 2021, in Toronto and New Orleans.[13]