Ryan Murphy Series ‘Dr. Odyssey’ Starring Joshua Jackson Ordered By ABC
20.03.2024 - 22:27
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Murphy is quickly expanding his footprint on ABC. The network has given a straight-to-series order to Murphy’s Dr. Odyssey with Joshua Jackson (Dr. Death, Fatal Attraction) set to play the lead and executive produce. The drama, targeted for a fall launch, hails from 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television.
As is the case with any Ryan Murphy series, no details about the premise are being revealed. As the title suggests, Dr. Odyssey is believed to be a medical procedural. According to sources, it is set on a cruise ship. That was the setting for this season’s disaster-themed opener of Murphy’s procedural 9-1-1 in its debut on ABC, and it also harkens back to TV classic The Love Boat.
Jackson is said to be playing the title character whose charms help him get what he wants.
Dr. Odyssey is written and executive produced by Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken. The latter two have collaborated with the prolific creator, writer and director on various projects including American Horror Stories and Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans; the duo is also working together on the upcoming Kim Kardashian legal drama and horror series Grotesquerie.
Frequent Murphy collaborator Paris Barclay is attached to Dr. Odyssey as director and executive producer. Barclay has earned multiple Emmy nominations for his work with Murphy, including most recently for Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, and previously for the Fox musical Glee.
Eric Paquette, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson and Nissa Diederich also executive produce.
This marks the first new ABC series order for Murphy since the award-winning showrunner reunited with Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden last year when he returned