American Gigolo | |
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Genre | |
Based on | American Gigolo by Paul Schrader |
Developed by | David Hollander |
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Theme music composer | |
Opening theme | "Call Me" by Blondie |
Composer | Marcelo Zarvos |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Matthew Barber |
Running time | 44–60 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Showtime |
Release | September 11 – October 30, 2022 |
American Gigolo is an American neo-noir crime drama television series developed by David Hollander. It is based on the 1980 film of the same name written and directed by Paul Schrader. The series stars Jon Bernthal as Julian Kaye, the protagonist of the original film, alongside Gretchen Mol, Lizzie Brocheré, Gabriel LaBelle, Leland Orser, and Rosie O'Donnell.
American Gigolo premiered on Showtime on September 11, 2022. In January 2023, the series was canceled after one season.
Julian Kaye is exonerated 15 years after being arrested for murder and struggling to find his footing in the modern-day Los Angeles sex industry. He seeks the truth about the frame that sent him to prison all those years ago, and hopes to reconnect with his one true love, Michelle.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [1] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Pilot" | David Hollander | David Hollander | September 11, 2022 | 0.133 [2] |
2 | "Pretty Baby" | David Hollander | David Hollander | September 18, 2022 | 0.159 [3] |
3 | "Rapture" | Tucker Gates | David Hollander & Cami Delavigne | September 25, 2022 | 0.208 [4] |
4 | "Nothing is Real But the Girl" | Gregg Araki | Emily Kaczmarek | October 2, 2022 | 0.124 [5] |
5 | "The Escape Wheel" | Damian Marcano | David Bar Katz | October 9, 2022 | N/A |
6 | "Sunday Girl" | Natasha Braier | Walter Blount | October 16, 2022 | N/A |
7 | "Atomic" | Cheryl Dunye | Walter Blount & Alye Miller | October 23, 2022 | N/A |
8 | "East of Eden" | Damian Marcano | Nikki Toscano, Russell Rothberg, Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, & Alye Miller | October 30, 2022 | N/A |
A television adaptation of the 1980 film American Gigolo , written and directed by Paul Schrader and starring Richard Gere, was announced as being in development on October 29, 2014. Jerry Bruckheimer, a producer on the original film, was set to executive produce the potential series, with Paramount Television Studios serving as the production company. [6] On November 2, 2016, it was announced that Showtime had set up the project for development, with Neil LaBute attached as writer. [7] The project was subsequently ordered to pilot on March 11, 2020, after going through multiple different incarnations, with Ray Donovan 's David Hollander set to produce the series as well as write and direct the pilot. [8]
On June 15, 2021, it was announced that Showtime had given the project a 10-episode series order, with Hollander set as showrunner. [9] [10] On April 23, 2022, it was announced that Hollander had left the project after an on-set misconduct investigation. [11] The series premiered on September 11, 2022. [12] On January 30, 2023, Showtime canceled the series after one season. [13]
After a casting search took place in early 2020, [10] Jon Bernthal was cast as the lead alongside the pilot order announcement in March 2020. [8] In November 2020, Gretchen Mol was cast in a lead role, [14] with Rosie O'Donnell added in a starring role the following month. [15] Lizzie Brocheré, Gabriel LaBelle, and Leland Orser joined the main cast in January 2021, with Wayne Brady set to star in a recurring capacity that same month. [16] [17] [18]
Principal photography began on July 12, 2021, in Los Angeles. [19] On April 27, 2022, it was reported that production was shut down for four days due to Hollander's dismissal and an actor being unavailable at the moment. [20] On May 12, 2022, it was announced that production was shut down again for at least two weeks as David Bar Katz exited the series. [21]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 35% approval rating with an average rating of 5.2/10, based on 37 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Wasting Jon Bernthal's considerable charms on a tedious murder mystery, this American Gigolo is more dud than stud." [22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 50 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [23]
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