‘American Gigolo’ Shuts Down Production Again As Co-EP David Bar Katz Exits Too
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Production on Showtime’s drama series American Gigolo has been paused again, this time for at least two weeks, as the series’ co-executive producer David Bar Katz has exited the series, produced by Paramount TV Studios.
His departure comes three weeks 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 and almost two weeks after The Offer executive producers Nikki Toscano and Russell Rothberg joined the series as consulting producers.Toscano, a seasoned showrunner who ran The Offer, is said to have taken the reins of American Gigolo, with Rothberg providing support.
The duo are expected to use the two weeks to work on prepping the remaining couple of episodes. The plan is for the series, headlined by Jon Bernthal, to complete production on its 10-episode order.The circumstances surrounding Katz’s exit are unclear.
As Deadline reported at the time of Hollander’s dismissal, Katz, who also had worked on Hollander’s Showtime series Ray Donovan, stepped in as his successor in the immediate aftermath.
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