The Offer

The project was announced in September 2020 to air on Paramount+, and for the story to be described from the perspective of producer Albert S. Ruddy.[4] Armie Hammer was cast to play him in December 2020,[5][6] but dropped out the following month; he was replaced by Miles Teller in May 2021.[7] In April 2021, Dexter Fletcher was hired to direct several episodes.[8][9] Matthew Goode, Giovanni Ribisi, Colin Hanks, Dan Fogler and Juno Temple joined the production in June,[10][11][12] and in July Burn Gorman joined as Charles Bludhorn. Justin Chambers will have a recurring role as Marlon Brando.[13][14] In October, Eric Balfour, Michael Gandolfini and Zack Schor joined the cast, with Balfour playing production designer Dean Tavoularis.[15][16]

Filming for the series began in July 2021 but was paused on July 29 due to a positive COVID-19 test.[17] On August 23, 2021, it was reported that plans to film at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles between August 25 to 27 were scrapped after learning about an ongoing labor dispute there.[18] The miniseries was released on April 28, 2022, with the first three episodes of the ten-episode miniseries available immediately and the rest debuting on a weekly basis on Thursdays.[19]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 41% of 39 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The website's consensus reads, "Overstuffed with unnecessary subplots and cloying winks at showbiz history, this is an Offer you can refuse."[20] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 51 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[21]

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• The Offer at IMDb