Jessica Chastain and Adam Driver to Play Gallerist-Artist Duo in Upcoming Drama 'The Dealer'

An on-screen exploration of art’s most elite players.

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The high-stakes world of art dealing is getting the Hollywood treatment, with Jessica Chastain and Adam Driver set to lead The Dealer, Apple TV+’s latest straight-to-series order.

Described by Deadline as a “biting exploration of power, class, seduction and culture,” the production will follow the “tangled relationship” between Chastain as an aspiring mega-gallerist, and Driver who will play her “most gifted and unnerving artist.” The series, produced by Media Res – the studio behind The Morning Show and Pachinko – will be directed by Sam Gold, with the leads also serving as executive producers.

Art-world intrigue seems to be having a moment in film and television. The Dealer joins a growing list of projects circling the largely-offscreen landscape of contemporary art, including a television adaptation of The Last Leonardo starring Julianne Moore and Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist, which will feature a stacked cast; among them are Natalie Portman, Jenna Ortega and Charli XCX. Last December, Portman was spotted at fairs in Miami and Paris, doing research for her role as a “desperate gallerist who conspires to sell a dead guy at Art Basel Miami,” as reported by Deadline.

While further production details have yet to be announced, the series marks Chastain’s second series with Apple TV+, alongside the upcoming limited release of The Savant, and Driver’s second major TV series role following his breakout in HBO’s Girls.

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