{"id":383914,"date":"2026-11-12T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=383914"},"modified":"2026-11-12T01:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T09:24:56","slug":"hulus-gaijin-is-in-early-development-joseph-gordon-levitt-to-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/hulus-gaijin-is-in-early-development-joseph-gordon-levitt-to-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Hulu\u2019s Gaijin is in early development: Joseph Gordon-Levitt to star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hulu<\/a> is developing Gaijin<\/em>, a drama inspired by chef Ivan Orkin\u2019s real life. It\u2019s still early days, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt is lined up to play Orkin and serve as an executive producer.<\/p>\n

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The series centers on a culinary school dropout who, after his wife dies, moves to Tokyo with his young son. He throws himself into Japanese culture and eventually opens a ramen shop. Shannon Goss is writing<\/strong> and executive producing, and Lionsgate Television is producing alongside HitRecord.<\/p>\n\n

Anyone putting Gaijin<\/em> next to FX<\/a>\u2019s The Bear<\/a><\/em> will see the overlap right away. Both stories use food as a way into bigger things: identity, ambition, grief, pressure, reinvention. Still, Gaijin<\/em> seems more interested in what it means to be an outsider, the cultural hurdles that come with that, and the search for belonging inside Japan\u2019s food world. Hulu also isn\u2019t selling it as some official handoff from The Bear<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

So if you keep up with The Bear<\/em>, Gaijin<\/em> is probably one to keep an eye on. Just don\u2019t treat it like a direct replacement, especially since FX has already said its Emmy-winning series<\/strong> is coming back for a fifth and final season on June 25, 2026.<\/p>\n\n

For now, there\u2019s nothing to watch yet. Hulu hasn\u2019t shared a release date<\/strong>, a full cast list, an episode count, or even first-look images for Gaijin<\/em>, while FX says The Bear<\/em> will return on FX and Hulu in 2026.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hulu is developing Gaijin, a drama inspired by chef Ivan Orkin\u2019s real life. It\u2019s still early days, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt is lined up to play Orkin and serve as an executive producer. The series centers on a culinary school dropout who, after his wife dies, moves to Tokyo with his young son. He throws himself … Continue reading “Hulu\u2019s Gaijin is in early development: Joseph Gordon-Levitt to star”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":383913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-383914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t