EXCLUSIVE: Jenni Konner has boarded Hulu’s limited series Immigrant, starring and executive produced by Kumail Nanjiani, as executive producer and co-showrunner.
Additionally, The White Tiger filmmaker Ramin Bahrani has been tapped to direct and executive produce the series about the origin story of stripper troupe Chippendales.Immigrant, which received an eight-episode straight-to-series order from Hulu, is written and executive produced by Pam & Tommy creator Robert Siegel.Starring Nanjiani as Somen “Steve” Banerjee, the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales, the series will detail the insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden story behind the unique male revue that became a cultural phenomenon.Immigrant is executive produced
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