Washington DC, Sept. 12 -- Actress Amy Ryan is set to star opposite Emilia Jones in 'The Retrievals', reported Deadline.

Inspired by the Peabody-winning NYT podcast by Susan Burton, 'The Retrievals' follows an unlikely community of IVF patients who come together to crusade against Yale University after they are operated on without anaesthesia because a nurse stole their fentanyl.

According to the outlet, Ryan will play Carla Russo, a veteran nurse at Yale Fertility Centre who pleads guilty to diverting vast amounts of fentanyl and diluting it with saline, forcing many patients to endure egg retrieval surgery without anaesthesia.

Jones plays Gabby Clemente, one of Carla's victims who leads a groundbreaking legal battle against Yale Univ...