Showtime Not Proceeding With ‘Three Women’, Cancels ‘Let The Right One In’ & ‘American Gigolo’ Amid Consolidation With Paramount+ - Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Global just announced that Showtime volition beryllium integrated into Paramount+ crossed some streaming and linear aboriginal this year. In mentation for the move, the premium cablegram network, which volition beryllium renamed arsenic Paramount+ with Showtime, had been re-evaluating its programming slate implicit the past respective weeks nether its new apical executive Chris McCarthy.

As a result, Showtime volition not beryllium proceeding with new series Three Women, starring Shailene Woodley, Betty Gilpin, DeWanda Wise and Gabrielle Creevy, which has been completed. The play has been softly shopped by its producers, and I perceive determination has been interest, with astatine slightest 1 connection connected the table.

Additionally, Showtime has opted not to prime up Season 2 of 2 freshman play series: Let the Right One In, starring Demián Bichir, and American Gigolo, headlined by Jon Bernthal. The former, inspired by the bestselling 2004 caller by John Ajvide Lindqvist and its 2008 Swedish movie adaptation, besides has been shopped to different platforms by Tomorrow Studios. (I perceive each titles removed from the Showtime level arsenic portion of the restructuring volition beryllium disposable to instrumentality elsewhere.)

This marks the latest crook successful Let the Right One In‘s long journey. The bid primitively was acceptable up astatine A&E and A+E Studios successful 2015 and past moved to TNT, where a aviator was ordered and formed but did not spell to production. The bid yet found its mode to Showtime, wherever it got connected the air.

This apt is the extremity of the roadworthy for American Gigolo, which had been plagued by issues during production, including a misconduct probe and a showrunner change, yet producing an eight-episode play connected a 10-episode archetypal order.

Taking write-offs connected completed seasons of TV bid oregon movies has go a preferred MO for media companies implicit the past year. The strategy has been employed aggressively by Warner Bros. Discovery, with others, astir notably AMC, joining in.

In Three Women, adapted by Taddeo based connected the nonfiction bestseller by Lisa Taddeo, a radical of women are connected a clang people to radically overturn their lives. The bid is enforcement produced by Taddeo, showrunner Laura Eason, Kathy Ciric and Emmy Rossum. Louise Friedberg directed and enforcement produced the archetypal 2 episodes.

Showtime has different high-profile upcoming scripted series, including Ripley and King Shaka, which are successful post-production.

On the renewal front, determination has been nary determination yet connected the aboriginal of Ziwe and I Love That for You. I perceive the erstwhile has informally been sending retired feelers into the marketplace, portion the second has a 2nd play written.

Vampire play series Let the Right One In comes from Away creator Andrew Hinderaker, Seith Mann and Tomorrow Studios. Described arsenic an exploration of quality frailty, spot and compassion done an elevated genre lens. it centers connected Mark, played by Demián Bichir, and his girl Eleanor (Madison Taylor Baez), whose lives were changed everlastingly 10 years earlier erstwhile she was turned into a vampire.

American Gigolo, a present-day reimagining of the iconic 1980 film, follows Julian Kaye (Bernthal) aft his wrongful-conviction merchandise from 15 years successful situation arsenic helium navigates his analyzable relationships with his erstwhile person Michelle (Gretchen Mol), his troubled parent and the radical who betrayed him.  The task is simply a accumulation of Paramount Television Studios.