Steve Carell To Star In & EP FX Limited Series ‘The Patient’ By ‘The Americans’ Duo – Deadline

The Individuals creative duo Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields are once more with their subsequent enterprise for FX. The neighborhood has commissioned a 10-episode order to: The patient, a restricted half-hour sequence from Fields, Weisberg and FX Productions, that features Steve Carell set to star and govt merchandise.

Co-written by Fields and Weisberg, The affected individual is a psychological thriller a number of psychotherapist (Carell) who’s held by a serial killer with an unusual request: to handle his homicidal tendencies. Nevertheless calming this man’s ideas whereas coping with the waves of his private repressed points models in on a journey that’s possibly as treacherous as his captivity.

Carell’s Alexander Strauss is a psychiatrist who currently misplaced his partner. Behind his cerebral, delicate exterior, he has however to fathom the depths of his private ache and loss.

Fields and Weisberg produce together with Carell, Caroline Moore and Victor Hsu. FX Productions is the studio.

“We’re thrilled that Joe and Joel are once more with their subsequent sequence for FX after the very good experience of working with them on six very good seasons of The Individuals,” acknowledged Eric Schrier, president of FX Leisure. Their creative instincts and mastery of plot and character are on present as soon as extra with The affected individual, which may showcase Steve Carell’s excellent skills as an actor, producer and creative collaborator.”

The Individuals, FX’s critically acclaimed and award-winning drama sequence, was created by Weisberg, who served as an govt producer alongside along with his co-showrunner Fields. The sequence ran for six seasons on FX and acquired 4 Emmy awards from 18 nominations. The sequence has been named AFI TV Program of the Yr 5 events, receiving two Peabody Awards, the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Assortment – Drama and Television Critics Affiliation (TCA) Awards for Glorious Achievement in Drama along with Program of the Yr.

Oscar and 11-time Emmy nominee Carell is in the meanwhile starring in The morning current for Apple, and season two of his comedy home vitality launches on Netflix subsequent yr. His subsequent perform film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, comes out subsequent summer season season. Carell is represented by WME, Media 4 Administration and attorneys Ziffren Brittenham.