Medical Drama Series Inspired By Oliver Sacks In The Works By Fabrik Entertainment& The Imaginarium

Medical Drama Series Inspired By Oliver Sacks In The Works By Fabrik Entertainment& The Imaginarium

Fabrik Entertainment is teaming with Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium to produce a TV drama series inspired by world-renowned neurologist and bestselling author Dr. Oliver Sacks.

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“Oliver Sacks radically shifted the public’s stigma towards mental illness with his extensive research and written works on his patient’s perplexing brain disorders,” said Fabrik’s CEO Henrik Bastin. “Along with our partners at The Imaginarium, Fabrik President Melissa Aouate and I aim to create a drama series that explores the furthest reaches of the human mind inspired by Oliver’s life’s work as well as two of his most influential books.”

Sacks was a humanist, a passionate explorer of the human consciousness, and arguably the most famous doctor of modern times. Christened the “poet laureate of contemporary medicine” by the New York Times, he dedicated his life to studying the strangest and most mind-boggling brain disorders in the world.

In the series, Sacks’ experiences will provide an entry point for the audience to explore the deeply personal and sometimes contentious relationships between doctors and patients. Viewers will discern the poignant reality that these patients’ disorders are intimately connected to everything that makes up who they are — an amalgamation of all of their hopes, joys, fears, and traumas.

The show will feature unique cinematic imagery, allowing audiences to enter the highly subjective points of view of characters to glimpse a world that at times can hardly seem imaginable. Through a nuanced and dazzling exploration of the human mind, this adaptation intends to elevate itself far beyond typical medical dramas.

VPs of development Abbey Morris and Paul Hilborn will shepherd the project for Fabrik.

“Andy Serkis and I are very excited to be working with Fabrik to bring the extraordinary case histories and legacy of the unique and brilliant Oliver Sacks to the screen,” commented The Imaginarium’s Jonathan Cavendish. “Our ambition is to create a television series as innovative, unusual and charismatic as Oliver Sacks was in life.”

Los Angeles-based Fabrik Entertainment, a Red Arrow Studios company, is the producer of Amazon’s Bosch and AMC’s The Killing. The Imaginarium’s production credits include Breathe, starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, and The Ritual starring Rafe Spall.

Fabrik is represented by Jared Levine at Morris Yorn Barnes. Imaginarium is repped by Pam Black and P.J. Shapiro at Ziffren Brittenham.