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Joseph Gordon-Levitt To EP, Poised To Star In ‘Gaijin’ Drama Inspired By Ivan Orkin In Works At Hulu From Shannon Goss
['Nellie Andreeva']
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu, the streaming home of FX’s Emmy record-breaking Shōgun, is developing another drama about a Westerner’s adventures in Japan, this time set in the 21st century.
The project, titled Gaijin, Japanese for foreigner or outsider, comes from Shōgun co-executive producer Shannon Goss.
It is executive produced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt with an eye for him to star.
Desperate to maintain a connection to his wife’s home country, Ivan (Gordon-Levitt) plunges headfirst into life in Japan.
Goss is a writer/co-executive producer on Shōgun, sharing in the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy win for Season 1.