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  • Dan Stevens boards Kumail Nanjiani-led Hulu sequence ‘Immigrant’

    By Express News Service

    Actor Dan Stevens has joined the forged of Hulu’s upcoming restricted sequence “Immigrant,” primarily based on the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee, an Indian-American entrepreneur who began Chippendales.

    Eternals actor Kumail Nanjiani will play Banerjee within the restricted sequence that can concentrate on the loopy, dark-humoured, crime-rich story behind the distinctive male revue that turned a cultural phenomenon. Stevens will play the function of Paul Snider within the sequence, which is written and co-showrun by Robert Siegel.

    “A hustler and serial schmoozer, Paul Snider stumbles upon the opportunity of a lifetime in the form of Steve Banerjee (Nanjiani) and his struggling LA backgammon club. Through their unlikely partnership, the iconic male stripping institution Chippendales is born,” the character description learn.

    Twentieth Television will produce the eight-episode sequence “Immigrant.” Meanwhile, Indian-origin British actor Dev Patel can be on board to play Banerjee in a function movie directed by Craig Gillespie of “I, Tonya” fame.

    Dan Stevens, finest identified for starring within the well-known sequence Downton Abbey, most just lately starred within the German movie “I’m Your Man.” He will likely be subsequent seen in Starz political thriller sequence “Gaslit,” alongside Sean Penn and Julia Roberts.

  • Dan Stevens replaces Armie Hammer in Julia Roberts-starrer Watergate sequence ‘Gaslit’

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Actor Dan Stevens has joined Hollywood stars Julia Roberts and Sean Penn in Watergate sequence “Gaslit”, an upcoming anthology primarily based on award-winning podcast “Slow Burn”. According to Variety, arrange at Starz, the primary season of the Robbie Pickering-created present will give attention to the Watergate scandal that introduced down the presidency of Richard Nixon in 1974.

    Stevens, who has beforehand starred in tv hits corresponding to “Downton Abbey” and “Legion”, will play former White House counsel John Dean changing actor Armie Hammer, who fell off the present within the wake of sexual assault allegations.

    “The show focuses on the untold stories and forgotten characters of the scandal – from Nixon’s bumbling, opportunistic subordinates, to the deranged zealots aiding and abetting their crimes, to the tragic whistleblowers who would eventually bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down,” the plotline reads.

    Roberts will star as Martha Mitchell, a celeb Arkansan socialite and spouse to Nixon’s loyal Attorney General, John Mitchell (Penn). “Captain Fantastic” director Matt Ross will helm the sequence, which shall be produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, for Starz.