‘American Gigolo’: Nikki Toscano & Russell Rothberg Join Showtime Series As Consulting Producers Following David Hollander’s Exit
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Offer executive producers Nikki Toscano and Russell Rothberg have come on board Showtime’s upcoming series American Gigolo, from Paramount Television Studios.
They will serve as consulting producers, working alongside Executive Producer David Bar Katz.The move comes a week after the Paramount network and TV studio severed ties with the series’ developer, writer, director and executive producer David Hollander following an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
As Deadline reported, Katz stepped up in the immediate aftermath of Hollander’s exit. Production was then suspended both over the leadership change as well as an actor being temporarily unavailable.
Filming has now resumed, with Toscano and Rothberg working closely with Katz to steer the show.Toscano is an experienced showrunner who has an overall deal at Paramount TV Studios, she most recently ran the studio’s Paramount+ limited series The Offer, about the making of The Godfather.
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