Cinemax commissioned Nadav Kander to shoot the key art for its highly anticipated new series The Knick, a medical drama set in downtown New York in 1900. The show stars Clive Owen and is co-executive-produced by award-winning director Steven Soderbergh, who also directed the entire first season.
There’s a lot of buzz around this show—The Knick doesn’t debut till August 8, but Cinemax has already renewed it for a second season, notes The Hollywood Reporter. It’s the first time that either Cinemax or its sister network, HBO, has renewed a series before it aired, reports The Wall Street Journal.
From the official Knick page: The series is “centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. … Academy Award and Emmy nominee Clive Owen stars as Doctor John Thackery, a brilliant surgeon pioneering new methods in the field, despite his secret addiction to cocaine.
“He leads a team of doctors including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger; the young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. and Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who’s been recently thrust upon him. The lively cast of characters at the hospital also includes Cornelia Robertson, the daughter of its benefactor, Captain August Robertson; surly ambulance driver Tom Cleary; Lucy Elkins; a fresh-faced nurse from the country; the crooked hospital administrator Herman Barrow; and Sister Harriet, a nun who isn’t afraid to speak her mind.”
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Clive Owen stars as Doctor John Thackery, a brilliant surgeon pioneering new methods in the field, despite his secret addiction to cocaine. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Crooked hospital administrator Herman Barrow. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Surly ambulance driver Tom Cleary. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Cornelia Robertson, the daughter of the hospital’s benefactor. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Dr. Thackeray’s protégé, Dr. Everett Gallinger. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Lucy Elkins; a fresh-faced nurse from the country. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Hospital inspector Jacob Speight. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
Sister Harriet, a nun who isn’t afraid to speak her mind. Photo by Nadav Kander for Cinemax.
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