“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 to The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short.

“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 out of a Florida strip mall and which she’s determined to dominate. Her grit and gusto make her a star in short order,