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“Pain Hustlers” Director David Yates on Departing From the “Harry Potter” Films in Subversive Style

In Pain Hustlers, the opioid crisis takes on a different tenor than that previously seen in hard-hitting dramas like Hulu’s limited series Dopesick and fellow Netflix’s own Painkiller. While still inspired by actual events, David Yates’ retelling of a “fascinating state of the nation” falls more in line with the big-bang type of storytelling akin ...

By Natalie Oganesyan  |  October 26, 2023
“Pain Hustlers” Trailer Finds Emily Blunt and Chris Evans Living the High Life

The first trailer for director David Yates’ Pain Hustlers has arrived, revealing a crime drama centered on Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), a single mother whose desperation to provide a better life for her kid lands her at a pharma startup with less-than-noble aspirations. The trailer gives us a glimpse of Liza’s start at the startup, which operates ...

By The Credits  |  September 6, 2023