According to a press release, SHOWTIME will be releasing a limited series called A Gentleman In Moscow. The show will begin streaming on Paramount+ on March 29th. The series is based on the novel by Amir Towels.
The show, an eight episode series, will be available for Paramount+ subscribers on March 29th, but will go on air on Paramount+ and SHOWTIME on March 31st at 9pm ET. The press release also highlighted the stars of the series, including Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Ahsoka), Alexa Goodall (The Devil’s Hour), Johnny Harris (Without Sin), Fehinti Balogun (Dune), Leah Harvey (Foundation), Paul Ready (Motherland, The Terror), John Heffernan (Becoming Elizabeth, The Pursuit of Love), Lyès Salem (Coupez, Abou Leila), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Lamb, The Witcher), Dee Ahluwalia (Consent, Sex Education), Anastasia Hille (I Hate Suzie Too), Daniel Cerqueira (Judy), Leah Balmforth (Silent Roar), Billie Gadsdon (One Day) and Beau Gadsdon (The Crown).
The press release then revealed the synopsis, saying the show “follows Count Alexander Rostov, played by Emmy® Award-winning actor Ewan McGregor (Star Wars franchise, Halston, Trainspotting), who, in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, finds that his gilded past has placed him on the wrong side of history. Spared immediate execution, he is banished by a Soviet tribunal to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol and threatened with death if he ever sets foot outside again. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. As he builds a new life within the walls of the hotel, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.”
The press release said that A Gentleman In Moscow is produced by Lionsgate Television. Ben Vanstone (All Creatures Great and Small) serves as showrunner and executive producer. Tom Harper (War and Peace), Ewan McGregor, Sharon Hughff, (Three Pines), Pancho Mansfield (Queen of the South), Moonriver TV’s Xavier Marchand (Nautilus,Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) and the novel’s writer, New York Times best-selling author Amor Towles all serve as executive producers as well.