Bernthal is also attached to produce American Gigolo while Bruckheimer will executive produce with Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed.
“We’ve assembled an ‘A’ team to adapt this iconic movie into a Showtime series with the talent and magnetism of Jon Bernthal, the exquisite filmmaking and showrunning of David Hollander, the legendary Jerry Bruckheimer and our new sister studio, Paramount.”
The project, initially announced in 2014 from producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Bad Boys for Life), is being penned by Ray Donovan‘s David Hollander, who will also act as showrunner should the network pick it up for a full series.
Bruckheimer is partnering with Paramount TV Studios and Showtime for the project, with the latter having been attached since 2016 when LaBute was originally attached.