Lionsgate' Serial Killer Tale ‘The Good Nurse’

The Good Nurse

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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is setting Tobias Lindholm to make his English-language feature directing debut on The Good Nurse, a thriller based on the book by Charles Graeber and scripted by Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Darren Aronofsky’s Protozoa is producing.The pic tells the true story of the pursuit and capture of Charlie Cullen, a nurse who is regarded as one of the most prolific serial killers in history. Now called “Angel of Death,” Cullen was a married father who was thought to be a responsible caretaker, but his secret compulsion to take life led to his implication in the deaths of as many as 300 patients over 16 years, spread across nine hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was caught by two former Newark homicide detectives who wouldn’t let go, aided by a nurse who worked alongside Cullen and risked her job and family’s safety to stop him. That female lead role has drawn the interest of several actresses. Lindholm is the Danish writer-director whose 2015 film A War (Krigen), about a Danish military company captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan, was Oscar nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. His other films include the hostage drama A Hijacking, Submarino and R, and he is acclaimed for his work on the TV drama Borgen and for teaming with Thomas Vinterberg on the script for the Oscar-nominated The Hunt. His films use the workplace to delve into morally complex subject matter, which makes him a strong fit for a thriller set in the caregiver industry He’s repped by WME.

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Lionsgate' Serial Killer Tale ‘The Good Nurse’