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John Ridley, Carlton Cuse to Adapt Hurricane Katrina Book ‘Five Days at Memorial’ as Apple Limited Series

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterJohn Ridley and Carlton Cuse are set to adapt Sheri Fink’s novel “Five Days at Memorial” for Apple as a limited series, Variety has learned.The book chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

When the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.Ridley and Cuse will co-write the series in addition to serving as executive producers and co-showrunners.

Fink will also executive produce, with Ridley attached to direct as well. ABC Signature, where Ridley and Cuse are both under overall deals, will produce.Ridley won the Academy Award for best adapted.

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