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David Hollander Out As Showrunner Of ‘American Gigolo’ Showtime Series After Investigation

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EXCLUSIVE: Showtime and Paramount Television Studios are severing ties with one of the network’s most successful showrunners.

Ray Donovan‘s David Hollander, developer, director, executive producer and showrunner of the upcoming Showtime series American Gigolo, produced by sibling Paramount Television Studios, has been let go from the reboot of the famous 1980 movie .“David Hollander is no longer on the drama series American Gigolo and Paramount Television Studios no longer has a producing relationship with him,” a spokesperson told Deadline in a statement, declining further comment.According to sources close to the production, the movie was made following an investigation into allegations of misconduct.I hear production on the series, headlined by Jon Bernthal, is expected to continue with one of Hollander’s top lieutenants, believed to be co-executive producer David Bar Katz, stepping in as showrunner. (He also had worked with Hollander on Showrime’s Ray Donovan.) The series, produced by Paramount TV Studios with Jerry Bruckheimer Television, is about seven episodes into its 10-episode order, I hear.

There had been chatter that production on American Gigolo has been running behind, with scripts coming in late, though that is not highly unusual for a series of this caliber.

Hollander wrote and directed the pilot for the new American Gigolo, a present-day reimagining of the iconic 1980 film. Bernthal plays Julian Kaye, who is introduced 15 years after he’s been arrested for murder and struggling to find his footing in the modern-day Los Angeles sex industry, while seeking the truth about the set-up that sent him to prison all those years ago and also hoping to reconnect with Michelle, his one true love, played by Gretchen

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