John Cho is the latest addition to the cast of the upcoming Apple TV series “The Off Weeks.
Cho joins previously announced leads Ben Stiller and Jessica Chastain in the drama, alongside fellow cast members Arian Moayed, Annaleigh Ashford, and Richard Gere.
The logline for the show 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.”
Cho is no stranger to Apple audiences, having recently been in the series “Murderbot” at the streaming arm of the tech giant as well as the second season of “The Afterparty.” He most recently appeared in the Korean spy drama series “Tempest,” which aired on Disney+. Cho’s other TV credits include “Poker Face,” “The Sympathizer,” Fox’s “The Exorcist,” and “Selfie.” In film, he is known for playing one of the title character in the “Harold & Kumar” franchise and for playing Sulu in the rebooted “Star Trek” movies.
He is repped by 3 Arts, UTA, and Yorn Levine Barnes.
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 Showalter, who directs and developed the project with Semi-Formal Productions, executive produces alongside Jordana Mollick. Paul Lee and Gabriel Fisher executive produce for wiip. Peter Principato, Allen Fischer and Brian Steinberg executive produce for Artists First. Dean Bakopoulos also serves as executive producer. wiip will serve as the studio.
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