Freddie Highmore, star good doctor, He re-teamed with prolific showrunner David Shore to create I’m not here to hurt you, With Highmore getting the lead role.
The drama from Sony Pictures Television and Blink49 Studios has been optioned by Bell Media in Canada for its Crave streamer. Based on the independent Irish podcast, I’m not here to hurt you, Highmore plays an upstanding family man. After killing someone in a bicycle accident, he descends into a life of crime, yet driven by the noble but futile goal of never hurting anyone again.
Sony Pictures Television will distribute the series in the United States and internationally, following the conclusion of the Los Angeles screenings. “We’re not quite done with each other after all. We’re thrilled to be collaborating again, excited to be back in Canada alongside our partners at Bell and Blink49 Studios, and grateful for Sony’s continued support. Now we get to work,” Schur and Highmore, who previously worked together for seven seasons on the series The good doctorHe said in a statement.
Shore and Highmore co-created the drama, with Highmore serving as non-writing executive producer alongside Claire Londy for Alfresco Pictures and Erin Gunn for ShoreZ. Following the success of the Irish podcast about an academic who, after a disaster, becomes a “polite bank robber”, Sony Pictures Television has optioned the rights to the screen adaptation in 2024.
“David and Freddie have an extraordinary creative partnership built on trust, collaboration and a shared passion for telling powerful stories. They have a unique ability to create richly layered, imperfect, complex and deeply relatable characters, the kind of characters audiences truly care about. We couldn’t be more excited to meet them for I’m not here to hurt you “We are grateful to our partners at Bell Media, Crave and Blink49 Studios,” Lauren Stein, executive vice president and chief creative officer at Sony Pictures Television, said in a statement.
“David Shore and Freddie Highmore have created a truly compelling and emotionally complex series with tremendous international potential,” Blink49 Studios CEO John Morainis said in his own statement.
Highmore is repped by Artists Equity Group and CAA, and has a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Television. Shore is repped by CAA.
