Television producer Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Pose, Glee) recently announced a new Netflix TV drama series called Ratched !
The show is based on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest written by Ken Kesey. The prequel centers around the sociopathic nurse Mildred Ratched who Murphy once called 'a femaler Lecter'. Ratched is a 'feminist horror story', Murphy added. There will be 2 seasons so far with 18 episodes.
Lead actress Sarah Paulson now announced on her Instagram that the shooting is set to start on Wednesday, 2/6/2019. Furthermore, she revealed another cast member: Rosanna Arquette joins the show! Arquette, who was one of the first women to publicly speak out against film producer Harvey Weinstein, will be playing a 'multi-episode arc' in the series.
Besides Paulson and Arquette, the cast includes Jon Jon Briones, Charlie Carver, Judy Davis, Harriet Harris, Cynthia Nixon, Hunter Parrish, Amanda Plummer, Corey Stoll, Sharon Stone and Finn Wittrock.
Ryan Murphy is expected to direct the pilot and executive produce alongside Michael Douglas, Aleen Keshishian, Margaret Riley and Jacob Epstein.
