Phillipa Soo Boards ABC and Ryan Murphy’s ‘Dr. Odyssey’

ABC’s forthcoming drama Dr. Odyssey continues to add to its cast.

Phillipa Soo (Hamilton) has joined the drama from Ryan Murphy Television, which scored a straight-to-series order in March. She’ll star opposite Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson in the series, which is slated for next season at the network.

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Details about Dr. Odyssey are being kept quiet, but sources describe it as a medical show set on a cruise ship, with elements of House and Murphy’s 2000s FX drama Nip/Tuck. Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz (Feud: Capote vs. the Swans) and Joe Baken (American Horror Stories) are writing, and Paris Barclay (Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, NYPD Blue) will direct. Disney’s 20th Television and Ryan Murphy Television are producing.

Dr. Odyssey will be the first new broadcast show from Murphy’s company since 911: Lone Star premiered on Fox in early 2020. It will join another Murphy-produced series, 911, in ABC’s lineup for next season.

Soo originated the role of Eliza Hamilton in Hamilton and played Guenevere in a revival of Camelot at Lincoln Center last year. Her recent screen credits include Apple TV+’s Shining Girls, Hulu’s Dopesick and the 2023 feature film One True Loves. She is repped by Authentic Talent and Literary Management, UTA and Imprint.

Murphy, Baitz and Baken executive produce Dr. Odyssey with Barclay, Jackson, Eric Paquette, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson and Nissa Diederich.

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