Dope is an upcoming HBO television series based on the Sara Gran novel of the same name. It is being produced through Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television is the television production arm of Warner Bros. Entertainment, itself part of Time Warner. Alongside CBS Television Studios, it serves as a television production arm of The CW Television Network , though it also produces shows for other networks, such as Shameless on...

 by Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes

Todd Haynes is an American independent film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his feature films Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story, Poison, Velvet Goldmine, Safe, and the Academy Award-nominated Far from Heaven and I'm Not There.- Style and themes :The writes that "Haynes is...

, John Wells

John Wells (TV producer)

John Marcum Wells is an American theater and television producer, writer and director. He is best known for his role as executive producer and show runner of the television series ER, Third Watch, and The West Wing. His company, John Wells Productions, is currently based at Warner Bros. studios in...

 and Christine Vachon

Christine Vachon

Christine Vachon is an American film producer active in the American independent film sector and daughter of noted photographer John Vachon....

, who previously worked together on the miniseries

Miniseries

A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...

 Mildred Pierce for the network. Set in the 1950s, it is about a former drug addict and prostitute named Josephine Flannigan who becomes a private investigator, and is hired by a wealthy couple to help find their heroin-addicted daughter. Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore

Julianne Moore is an American actress and a children's book author. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards....

 is in talks to star in the series; she previously partnered with Haynes on the films Safe (1995) and Far From Heaven

Far from Heaven

Far from Heaven is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, and Patricia Clarkson....

(2002).