Pain Hustlers
Release Date:2023-10-27
The Pain Hustlers Netflix movie continues to be one of the most exciting projects the streamer has for the rest of 2023. Featuring some big name talent and an intriguing premise, Pain Hustlers is also primed for a solid Awards Season release that could speak to Netflix’s confidence in it. Pain Hustlers is based on the New York Times article “The Pain Hustlers” from Evan Hughes, and stars Emily Blunt and Chris Evans in the story of the shady practices of a pharmaceutical company. From the moment it was announced the Pain Hustlers Netflix movie has been on many people’s radar.
Directed by David Yates (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them). Pain Hustlers was one of the high-profile projects on the market at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival with it initially being developed by Sony Pictures before Netflix put down a massive $50 million offer for the movie. Along with the two huge stars leading the movie, there is the potential of Pain Hustlers being a surprise entry into the fall Oscar buzz conversation with its tone being billed as similar to The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short. While time will tell how the movie is received in that way, the more Pain Hustlers news that comes out, the more intriguing the upcoming Netflix movie gets.
Pain Hustlers: Latest News
There has not been a lot of news on Pain Hustlers from Netflix since the first lootage was debuted in January 2023, but those keeping an eye on the movie can expect to hear a lot more in the coming months. Pain Hustlers is gearing up for its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2023 before its limited theatrical release on October 20, 2023 and its Netflix release on October 27, 2023. With Emily Blunt and Chris Evans headlining the cast of the upcoming Netflix movie, there is sure to be a lot of attention paid to those early reactions out of TIFF, giving an indication of whether Pain Hustlers will be an awards contender after all.
Pain Hustlers: Release Date
The Pain Hustlers release date is set for October 20, 2023 in select theaters before rolling out on Netflix one week later on October 27, 2023. Pain Hustlers is one of several big Netflix releases planned for fall 2023 with David Fincher’s The Killer and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro among the other notable titles. The Chris Evans and Emily Blunt movie will also make its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it will likely garner more interest before it hits theaters and Netflix.
Pain Hustlers: Cast
The Pain Hustlers cast is certainly one of the most exciting aspects of the movie and a big part of the reason so many people will be anticipating it. Emily Blunt leads the cast as Liza Drake, a down-on-her-luck college dropout who gets a lucrative job with a failing pharmaceutical company only to find herself in the middle of a criminal conspiracy. Blunt is coming off her acclaimed role as Kitty Oppenheimer as part of the cast of Oppenheimer. She will be joined by Chris Evans as her co-lead, continuing his recent trend of streaming movies, including Netflix’s The Gray Man, Apple’s Ghosted, and the upcoming holiday movie Red One on Amazon Prime.
Blunt and Evans make for a high-profile duo, but they are joined by an impressive supporting ensemble to make the Pain Hustlers cast even more impressive. Among the other actors involved are Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitts Creek), Oscar nominee Andy Garcia (The Godfather Part III), Jay Duplass (Transparent), Brian d’Arcy James (Spotlight), and Chloe Coleman (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves).
Pain Hustlers: Story
The Pain Hustlers story is based on an article in the New York Times from Evan Hughes as well as his later book “The Hard Sell.” In his article, Hughes examined and exposed the practices of a pharmaceutical company called Insys. According to Hughes, Insys took advantage of the opioid crisis, finding financial success in getting doctors to prescribe the fentanyl-based drug Subsys to patients as a pain medication. Hughes revealed the company hired young, attractive, and unqualified salespeople to push the drugs to doctors while also offering substantial “speaking fees” in exchange. The result was high salaries for the salespeople while many of the patients became addicted and even died from using the drug.
The story of Pain Hustlers bares a lot of similarities to the true story behind the Emmy-winning Dopesick and Painkillers, the recent Netflix miniseries. Both shows explored similar tactics used by the Sackler family and their company Purdue Pharma. Pain Hustlers is said to share a similar tone to The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short, suggesting a lot of dark comedy in exploring the immoral and criminal conduct of these corporations.
Pain Hustlers: Trailer
The Pain Hustlers trailer has not yet arrived, but with the release date for the Emily Blunt and Chris Evans Netflix movie fast approaching, it likely won’t be much longer of a wait. In the meantime, the first glimpse of the movie came in Netflix’s look ahead at their 2023. Though it is a brief look, seeing Emily Blunt and Chris Evans sharing the screen is enough to make a lot of people excited for Pain Hustlers.
