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Apple TV+ Greenlights Limited-Series Thriller 'The Off Weeks' Starring Ben Stiller and Jessica Chastain

The pickup extends Apple’s push to anchor prestige limited series with marquee collaborators.

Overview

  • Deadline reports the series will run eight episodes, with both Stiller and Chastain also serving as executive producers.
  • Alissa Nutting serves as showrunner, while Michael Showalter directs and developed the project with Semi-Formal Productions.
  • The story follows Gus Adler, a divorced writing professor, whose custody “on weeks” clash with a dangerous romance with Stella West during his “off weeks,” per the official logline.
  • Production is led by wiip with an executive producer roster spanning Red Hour, Freckle Films, Semi-Formal, wiip, Artists First, Alissa Nutting and Dean Bakopoulos.
  • The announcement arrives as Stiller continues his Apple ties with Severance and the Oct. 24 documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost, and as Chastain leads Apple’s The Savant premiering Sept. 26.