(Left) Adam Driver talk ‘Megalopolis’. (Right) Jessica Chastain star in ‘Memory.’
Preview:
- Jessica Chastain and Adam Driver are starring in new Apple TV+ series ‘The Dealer.’
- It’s set in the world of high-end art.
- Sam Gold is directing the series, with Lucas Hnath writing.
Apple TV+ is clearly looking to stay in business with Jessica Chastain, locking down the busy actor (who has one show on the way for the streaming service already –– more on that below) and also securing the services of intense fellow star Adam Driver for a new series called ‘The Dealer.’
But in case the title has you thinking that this might somehow spin-off from the Chastain-starring poker drama movie ‘Molly’s Game,’ think again: it’s actually going to be set in the art world.
“Deal with her.”
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What’s the story of ‘The Dealer’?
Jessica Chastain as Madeline “Elizabeth” Sloane in ‘Miss Sloane.’ Photo: Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution.
With Sam Gold aboard to direct and Lucas Hnath leading the writing, ‘The Dealer’ is described as a biting exploration of power, class, seduction and culture set inside the glittering world of the high-end art market.
Per Deadline, it’s told through the eyes of an aspiring super gallerist, played by Chastain, and the tangled relationship with her most gifted and unnerving artist, to be brought to screens by Driver.
Gold is a theatre director who won the Best Direction of a Musical Tony Award in 2015 for ‘Fun House.’ He, Hnath and Hnath’s long-time collaborator Sarah Lunnie worked together on ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2,’ a play written by Hnath, directed by Gold and dramaturged by Lunnie.
It earned Gold and Hnath Tony nominations in 2017, with its star Laurie Metcalf winning the award for Actress in a Leading Role in a Play. Lunnie also served as dramaturg for the Broadway production of Hnath’s play ‘Hillary & Clinton.’
Who else is behind the new series?
Apple TV+ logo. Photo: Apple TV+.
The new show is just the latest Apple TV+ series from production company Media Res, which already produces the Emmy– and SAG Award–winning drama ‘The Morning Show,’ which is headed into its fourth season, ‘Pachinko’ and ‘Extrapolations.’
It’s the fourth high-profile sale for the company over the last few months. It recently set up ‘The Band,’ an hourlong dramedy series starring Ben Stiller, at HBO and also has bisexual romance drama ‘Enigma Variations’ starring Jeremy Allen White percolating at Netflix.
After a bidding war, its Silicon Valley thriller ‘Thumblite,’ starring Rosamund Pike, landed at Netflix in September with a straight-to-series order. Coming up is ‘The Miniature Wife,’ a series at Peacock, starring Matthew Macfadyen.
What else is Jessica Chastain working on?
Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren in Netflix’s ‘The Good Nurse.’
As we mentioned, Chastain already has another project, limited series ‘The Savant,’ in the works for Apple via her Freckle Films company.
The series is reportedly inspired by a true–life story entitled ‘Is It Possible to Stop a Mass Shooting Before It Happens?’ which featured in Cosmopolitan in August 2019 of a woman who has come to be known as “the Savant” who infiltrates online hate-groups in order to prevent large-scale public attacks.
Most recently seen in ‘Mother’s Instinct,’ Chastain has a few films coming up, including new drama ‘Dreams,’ which sees romance blossom between a wealthy socialite and a Mexican ballet dancer, intertwining their contrasting lives and cultures.
Chastain is also playing Goneril, in the Bernard Rose–directed Shakespeare adaptation ‘Lear Rex,’ which stars Al Pacino as Lear.
Then there’s crime thriller series ‘His & Hers’ –– though Chastain is only a producer on that one.
She has a typically busy schedule of projects she’s attached to, including Barry Levinson’s ‘Assassination’ (which also stars Pacino) and new drama ‘Losing Clementine,’ the latter one just as a producer.
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Where else will we see Adam Driver?
Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina in ‘Megalopolis’. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate.
Driver was most recently seen in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis,’ and last worked on director Jim Jarmusch’s new drama ‘Father, Mother, Sister, Brother,’ which follows estranged siblings reuniting after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.
It’ll premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next month but doesn’t yet have a set release date.
The actor is also attached to James Gray’s new drama ‘Paper Tiger’ and, assuming it comes together, he’ll be part of Michael Mann’s much-anticipated ‘Heat’ sequel.
And ‘The Dealer’ represents his first time starring in a TV series since he was one of the main characters on HBO’s ‘Girls.’
When will ‘The Dealer’ be on screens?
Depending on the actors’ busy schedules and how quickly this makes it through the process of development at Apple, this could shoot this year and land on the tech company’s streaming service in 2026.
Jessica Chastain attends the Governors Ball following the 84th Annual Academy Awards® from Hollywood, CA February 26, 2012. Photo: Heather Ikei / ©A.M.P.A.S. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S.
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