Ben Stiller and Jessica Chastain are attached to lead the limited series “The Off Weeks,” which has been greenlit at Apple TV+ .
The logline for the eight-episode series states, “When divorce throws writing professor Gus Adler’s (Stiller) life into chaos, he 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.”
Stiller will executive produce via Red Hour alongside John Lesher. Chastain executive produces alongside Kelly Carmichael for Freckle Films. Alissa Nutting (“Made for Love,” “Teenage Euthansia”) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Michael Sho