A couple years back, Paramount blew the dust off of Paul Schrader‘s 1980 flick “American Gigolo,” enlisted him as an executive consultant, and started developing a TV series based on the movie. That’s about all the news there’s been about the project since, but it’s heating up again, with a terrific choice for a writer enlisted to get things going.
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Neil LaBute (“In The Company Of Men,” “Some Velvet Morning“) has been tapped to put his pen to the project that will be set in the present day, and explore Los Angeles’ culture of “wish fulfillment.” This seems to have a wider and different scope than Steven Soderbergh‘s “The Girlfriend Experience” on Starz!, and with Showtime picking it up, it’ll allow the team behind “American Gigolo” to take it off and get it on as the narrative requires.
There’s probably some steps to go before gets a series commitment, and given the pace of development so far, it could be some time away. But the potential is certainly there, and even if we generally aren’t big fans of the movies-into-TV-shows thing, it’s one to keep an eye on. [Deadline]