Paramount-owned community Showtime has appropriate taken the covers off American Gigolo, a ten-episode sequence that reimagines Paul Schrader’s 1980 film of the same name, and takes the account fifteen years extra than its celebrated scope.
In what would per chance well be his most anxious role yet, the sequence will put The Punisher actor Jon Bernthal (and his rippling recent physique) into the reveals of Julian Kaye – the hotshot Los Angeles escort that used to be at the muse played by Richard Gere.
The sequence will follow Julian after the events of the film, fifteen years after he used to be framed for assassinate charges. After spending so grand time at the assist of bars, we’ll gaze Julian battle along with his id, push in direction of rebuilding his private life, and curiously, uncover the wholly-assorted Los Angeles sex commerce in an age of dating apps, OnlyFans, and grand extra.
It’s a brand recent evolution of the advanced, tortured lead characters Bernthal has tackled within the past – layered with the added complexity of his relationship with romance, and a burning desire to take be conscious of the truth at the assist of his incarceration.
Whereas the pilot used to be scheduled to launch final 365 days, Covid-connected delays forced makers to postpone the unveil to this May per chance well, when a transient teaser used to be launched. A controversy surrounding misconduct allegations about celebrated creator David Hollander also stalled manufacturing, except he used to be modified with a yet-unknown showrunner.
The heed used to be also marred by extra controversy following a Deadline interview with Schrader himself, who looks to detest of the upcoming sequence. “I believed [the show] used to be a shocking belief–cases had modified, web porn had redefined male sex work, viruses, and heaps others. I couldn’t imagine Julian Kay working a Chicken Celebration,” Schrader wrote. “I believed that used to be the close of it.”
The heed is ready as sex-charged and