Netflix Docuseries ‘The Pharmacist’ Acquired By ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Producer David Permut For Feature Adaptation
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: We can tell you first that Oscar and Emmy nominated producer David Permut has picked up the rights to produce a narrative adaption of Netflix’s critically acclaimed docuseries The Pharmacist which premiered earlier this year.Permut is producing the film through his Permut Presentations banner alongside Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason and Mike Gasparro at The Cinemart, the team that directed and produced the docuseries. Brandon Riley, and Keenan Porterfield will serve as EPs.The docuseries tells the story of Dan Schneider, a small-town pharmacist in Louisiana who took it upon himself in 1999 to seek justice after the mysterious murder of his teenage son.