Max has launched the primary trailer for Noah Wyle’s upcoming hospital-set medical drama sequence The Pitt. The sequence comes from ER and West Wing government producer John Wells.
The Pitt is described as “a practical examination of the challenges going through healthcare employees in at the moment’s America as seen by the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Penn.”
The primary season will encompass 15 episodes and the story takes place throughout one 15-hour emergency room shift, with every one-hour episode representing real-time, similar to the sequence 24 did.
This seems like an amazing present, however it’s wrapped up in a little bit of controversy because the property of Michael Crichton has filed a lawsuit towards Warner Bros. Tv, alleging The Pitt is an unauthorized reboot of ER, which Crichton created.
Warner Bros. TV responded to the lawsuit, saying “The Pitt is a totally totally different present from ER,” with HBO boss Casey Bloys just lately telling reporters that he doesn’t anticipate the litigation to have an effect on The Pitt’s January launch.
R. Scott Gemmill will function showrunner on the sequence, with John Wells government producing. The sequence reunites Wyle, Gemmill, and Wells, as all three beforehand labored collectively on ER.
Wyle, Wells, and Gemmill mentioned in a joint assertion: “We’re grateful to Warner Bros. Tv and Max for giving us this chance to return to the world of city drugs.
“The myriad of challenges going through the docs, nurses, technicians, sufferers, and their households who work within the trenches of contemporary drugs have turn into solely extra pronounced within the decade and a half since we final visited their tales.
“We’re thrilled to have the ability to return to this world with the help of our companions and are wanting ahead to pushing the boundaries of dramatic realism and medical accuracy in following the lives of those heroic women and men.”
The sequence will premiere on Max in January 2025.
