Jessica Chastain and Ben Stiller are to star in and executive produce a new Apple TV+ limited series called "The Off Weeks." Michael Showalter is directing.

Oscar-winning actress Jessica Chastain is to star in the Apple TV+ limited series "The Off Weeks." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI Ben Stiller and his wife, actress Christine Taylor, arrive at the Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday. File Photo by John McCoy/UPI UPI Michael Showalter arrives on the red carpet at the Prime Video's "The Idea of You" New York premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center in 2024. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI UPI

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Oscar winner Jessica Chastain and Emmy winner Ben Stiller have signed on to star in and executive produce a new Apple TV+ limited series called The Off Weeks.

Alissa Nutting is the showrunner, while Michael Showalter is directing and executive producing.

The show follows a divorced writing professor trying to balance his career and love life on the weeks he has custody of his children.

Stiller and Chastain previously lent their voices to the characters of Alex and Gia in Madagascar 3.