Due to launch September 18 exclusively on Netflix is the suspenseful new drama series Ratched from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.
Ratched tells the origin story of asylum nurse Mildred Ratched who arrives in Northern California looking for employment at a leading psychiatric hospital where unsettling experiments have begun on the human mind. Mildred presents herself as the perfect and dedicated nurse, but the wheels are always turning and as she begins to infiltrate the mental health care system and those within it, Mildred’s stylish exterior hides a growing darkness that has long been smoldering within, revealing that true monsters are made, not born.
The story of Ratched was inspired by the legendary character Nurse Ratched from the iconic film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and was created by Evan Romansky.
Here is a full cast rundown, Sarah Paulson as Mildred Ratched, Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, Judy Davis as Nurse Betsy Bucket, Sharon Stone as Lenore Osgood, Jon Jon Briones as Dr. Richard Hanover, Finn Wittrock as Edmund Tolleson, Charlie Carver as Huck, Alice Englert as Dolly, Amanda Plummer as Louise, Sophie Okonedo as Charlotte Wells, Corey Stoll as Charles Wainwright, Brandon Flynn as Henry Osgood, Annie Starke as Lily Cartwright and Vincent D’Onofrio as Gov. George Wilburn.
The series is executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan, Sarah Paulson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Aleen Keshishian, Jacob Epstein, Jennifer Salt, Margaret Riley, Michael Douglas, Robert Mitas, and Tim Minear and is produced in partnership with Touchstone Television
To see the series for yourself follow this link.
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