Armie Hammer will no longer star in the upcoming Paramount Plus series ‘The Offer’, which tells the story behind the scenes of making ‘The Godfather’. Variety learned from sources.
In early December, it was announced that Hammer would lead the role of Al Ruddy, who produced ‘The Godfather’ in 1972, to lead the program. The series of ten derivations contains an exposition of Ruddy’s experience with the iconic film. The search is now underway for a new main series.
Reps for Hammer and Paramount did not immediately respond Varietyis for comment. This message will be updated if they respond.
The news of Hammer’s exit from the show comes weeks after he also left the romcom ‘Shotgun Wedding’, in which he would play opposite Jennifer Lopez, after a series of unknown Instagram direct messages allegedly written by Hammer leaked online . The messages describe graphic sexual fantasies, including cannibalism.
Hammer had earlier issued a statement on the controversy, saying he would not respond to ‘bullies’ claims, describing the social media uproar surrounding the messages as a ‘cruel and false attack on the internet’. [him]. ”
‘The Offer’ was one of several sensational projects announced when ViacomCBS announced that it was renaming the streaming service CBS All Access to Paramount Plus in September. Others include the espionage drama “Lioness” by Oscar winner Taylor Sheridan, as well as a reload of the music documents “Behind the Music”.
Michael Tolkin writes and executive production of “The Offer”, with Ruddy, Nikki Toscano and Leslie Grief also executive production. Paramount Television Studios will produce.
With the rebranding and addition of library programs from BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and more content from the Paramount Pictures vault, Paramount Plus offers approximately 30,000 episodes and movies. BET, Comedy Central and other ViacomCBS prints will also produce original series for Paramount Plus.