AppleTV+ has today given a series order to the original limited series The Off Weeks starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain (The Savant) and Ben Stiller (Severance). The series will produce eight episodes.
The series will follow recently divorced writing professor Gus Adler (Stiller) who struggles to hold things together during "on weeks" when he has custody of his kids. But in his "off weeks," he's falling dangerously in love with Stella West (Chastain), a mysterious woman whose arrival puts Gus' on-week duties and off-weeks ambitions on a fatal collision course.
Alissa Nutting created the series, with Michael Showalter set to direct. They will executive produce with Chastain, Stiller, John Lesher, Kelly Carmichael, Jordana Mollick, Paul Lee, Gabriel Fisher, Peter Principato, Allen Fischer, Brian Steinberg and Dean Bakopoulos. Apple Studios, wiip, Red Hour Productions, Freckle Films, Semi-Formal Productions and Artists First will produce.