John Ridley & Carlton Cuse Land Hurricane Katrina Drama with Apple

Apple TV+ has ordered Five Days at Memorial, a new limited series from Academy Award winner John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime, Guerrilla) and Emmy Award winner Carlton Cuse (Locke & Key, Jack Ryan, Lost).

Based on the novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink, Five Days at Memorial chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Ridley and Cuse will both serve as showrunners, writers and executive producers on the project.

Ridley will direct the limited series, produced by ABC Signature. Fink will executive produce alongside Ridley and Cuse.