The eight-episode series is essentially a mystery crime series featuring characters who – much like those in recent Netflix series Mindhunter – shaped the area of psychology concerned with investigating criminal activity.
New 19th-century crime chiller The Alienist will be released on Netflix in the UK.
Fukunaga, the director who oversaw the entire first season of Nic Pizzolatto’s HBO series True Detective, wrote the series alongside Hossein Amini who was the screenwriter of Nicolas Winding Refn film Drive.
The Alienist – which has been deemed the “grisliest period drama yet” by The Atlantic – airs on TNT in the US with all 10 episodes available to view on Netflix from 19 April.