The story will begin in 1947 and follow Ratched throughout her career as a nurse (and murderer).
The Ryan Murphy series will be executive produced by Michael Douglas, Murphy, Aleen Keshishian, Margaret Riley and Jacob Epstein of Lighthouse Management & Media, and Evan Romansky. Paulson will be a producer alongside Paul Zaentz.
They have landed an 18-episode straight to series order from Netflix after what is being reported as a bidding war between Netflix, Hulu and Apple.
Douglas and Paul Zaentz's late uncle, Saul Zaentz, produced the original film in 1976.