Dan Stevens is set to join Julia Roberts and Sean Penn in Starz’s Watergate drama Gaslit, in which he will play former White House counsel John Dean, sources tell Deadline. UCP is producing the series, which Matt Ross is directing and exec producing while Robbie Pickering is showrunner.
Stevens replaces Armie Hammer, who fell off the show in the wake of sexual assault allegations.
2020 Starz Pilots & Series Orders
Starz had no comment.
Based on the Slate podcast Slow Burn and the series’ modern take on Watergate, Gaslit 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 eventually would bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down.
G. Gordon Liddy Dies: Watergate Felon Who Went On To Showbiz Career Was 90
Sam Esmail and his Esmail Corp colleague Chad Hamilton will exec produce alongside Pickering,...
Stevens replaces Armie Hammer, who fell off the show in the wake of sexual assault allegations.
2020 Starz Pilots & Series Orders
Starz had no comment.
Based on the Slate podcast Slow Burn and the series’ modern take on Watergate, Gaslit 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 eventually would bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down.
G. Gordon Liddy Dies: Watergate Felon Who Went On To Showbiz Career Was 90
Sam Esmail and his Esmail Corp colleague Chad Hamilton will exec produce alongside Pickering,...
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