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A long-gestating medical drama that’s inspired by the late neurologist Oliver Sacks has been handed a series order at NBC. NBC has given a series order to Dr. Wolf, which follows revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) and his team of interns as they explore the last…

NBC has ordered the pilot for Wolf, a one-hour medical drama from writer-producer Michael Grassi, producer-director Lee Toland Krieger and executive producer Greg Berlanti. The project comes from Warner Bros Television, where all three are under overall deals. Related…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a put pilot commitment to a hourlong medical drama inspired by world-renowned neurologist and bestselling author Oliver Sacks, from Blindspot executive producer Alex Berger, director-producer Lee Toland Krieger (Prodigal Son, You, Riverdale), Fabrik Entertainment (Bosch, The Killing), The…

EXCLUSIVE: Today marks the fourth anniversary of the death of renownd neurologist, author and thinker Oliver Sacks, coming a day after Ric Burns’ insightful documentary Oliver Sacks: His Own Life was tipped for the lineup at the Telluride Film Festival. After that it’s headed for the documentary section at the New…

Fabrik Entertainment is teaming with Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium to produce a TV drama series inspired by world-renowned neurologist and bestselling author Dr. Oliver Sacks. Sacks, who died in 2015 at 82, was a humanist, a passionate explorer of the human consciousness and arguably the most…

Oliver Sacks, 82, the brilliant neurologist played in fictionalized form by Robin Williams in 1990’s Awakenings, died of cancer Sunday in New York City. His death, confirmed by an assistant, was expected: Sacks had written about coming to terms with his mortality in a series of recent dispatches for The New York…