Richard Gere Lands Next TV Role

Richard Gere has been cast in the upcoming Apple TV limited series “The Off Weeks”.

Gere will join previously announced cast members Ben Stiller, Jessica Chastain, Arian Moayed, and Annaleigh Ashford in the eight-episode series.

The logline for the show states, “When divorce throws writing professor Gus Adler’s (Stiller) life into chaos, he struggles to hold things together during ‘on weeks’ when he has custody of his kids. But in his ‘off weeks,’ he’s falling dangerously in love with Stella West (Chastain), a mysterious woman whose arrival puts Gus’ on-week duties and off-weeks ambitions on a fatal collision course.”

Exact details on Gere’s character are being kept under wraps. But this is the second major streaming show that Gere has signed onto in recent years following the Paramount+ spy thriller series “The Agency: Central Intelligence.”

Gere is best known for his starring roles in films like “An Officer and a Gentleman,” “Hachi: A Dog's Tale,” “Pretty Woman,” “Pretty Woman,” "Primal Fear," and “Chicago.”

He received Golden Globe nominations for both “An Officer and a Gentleman” and “Pretty Woman,” while he won the Golden Globe for his work in “Chicago.”

Stiller will executive produce via Red Hour alongside John Lesher. Chastain executive produces alongside Kelly Carmichael for Freckle Films. Alissa Nutting (“Made for Love,” “Teenage Euthansia”) serves as showrunner and executive producer.

Michael Showalter, who directs and developed the project with Semi-Formal Productions, executive produces alongside Jordana Mollick. Paul Lee and Gabriel Fisher executive produce for wiip. Peter Principato, Allen Fischer and Brian Steinberg executive produce for Artists First. Dean Bakopoulos also serves as executive producer. wiip will serve as the studio.