The series, starring Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alexa Goodall, Johnny Harris, Fehinti Balogun, Leah Harvey, Paul Ready, John Heffernan, Lyès Salem, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Dee Ahluwalia and Anastasia Hille, is based on the novel by Amor Towles. The story follows Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov (McGregor) as he is forced to live under house arrest after the Russian Revolution.
Showtime revealed more about the series in the press release below:
“SHOWTIME today released the first images of the new eight-part series A Gentleman in Moscow and announced that the series will premiere Friday, March 29 on streaming and on demand for Paramount+ subscribers on the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan ahead of its debut on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME on Sunday, March 31 at 9 p.m. The series will also premiere on Paramount+ in Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia on March 29, with other international Paramount+ territories to follow at a later date.
Adapted from Amor Towles' internationally best-selling novel, A Gentleman in Moscow follows Count Alexander Rostov, played by Emmy Award-winning actor Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Halston), who discovers that his gilded past has placed him on the wrong side of history. He is spared immediate execution, but 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 allow him access to 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.
In addition to McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Ahsoka) stars as the glamorous, self-made film actress Anna Urbanova, Alexa Goodall (The Devil's Hour) as Nina, the Count's unlikely young friend, Johnny Harris (Great Expectations (2023)) as the conflicted secret police officer Osip and Fehinti Balogun (The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself) as Mishka, the Count's best friend from the university.
Other cast members include Leah Harvey (Foundation (2021)), Paul Ready (The Terror), John Heffernan (Becoming Elizabeth), Lyès Salem (Oussekine), Björn Hlynur Haraldsson (Ófærd/Trapped), Dee Ahluwalia (Everything Now) and Anastasia Hille (Baptist).
A Gentleman in Moscow is produced by Lionsgate Television in association with Paramount. Ben Vanstone (All Creatures Great and Small (2020)) serves as executive producer and showrunner for the series, which is the first production from Lionsgate's first look deal with Tom Harper's company Popcorn Storm Pictures.
Harper (The Son) also serves as executive producer alongside Moonriver TV's Ewan McGregor, Sharon Hughff (Three Pines), Pancho Mansfield (Queen of the South), Xavier Marchand (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris) and the author of the novel, New York Times bestselling author Amor Towles.
BAFTA Award-winning director and Emmy nominee Sam Miller (Surface, I May Destroy You) serves as director for select episodes and executive producer. Sarah O'Gorman (The Witcher, Treason) is also the director.
You can check out more first-look photos and the teaser trailer for A Gentleman in Moscow below.
