NJ Serial Killer Nurse Is Focus Of Netflix's New Film 'The Good Nurse'

NEW JERSEY — One of New Jersey's most well-known serial killers Charles Cullen, also known as "The Angel of Death", is the focus of Netflix's latest film.

"The Good Nurse" set to be released this year follows actress Jessica Chastain who suspects her colleague Cullen, played by Eddie Redmayne, is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, Netflix tweeted recently.

The Netflix storyline is based off a book with the same name "The Good Nurse" by Charles Graeber which chronicles Cullen's murderous career.

Cullen is suspected of killing 400 patients over his 16-year career as a nurse. He was only convicted of the murder of 29 patients at nine New Jersey and Pennsylvania hospitals.

In New Jersey, Cullen worked at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Warren Hospital, Hunterdon Medical Center, Morristown Memorial Hospital and finally Somerset Medical Center (now called RWJ University Somerset Hospital) where 13 patients were killed, according to nj.com.

Arrested in December 2005, Culled was sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences in New Jersey and six more life sentences in Pennsylvania in 2006. He is not eligible for parole until 2403, according to nj.com.

Both Academy Award-winning actors, Chastain is best known for her work in Zero Dark Thirty, Interstellar and Molly's Game. Redmayne is known for Les Misérables, The Theory of Everything, and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

No specific release date on the film has been announced.

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