Étoile: Release date news, cast details, streaming details and more about the upcoming ballet drama by Gilmore Girls creator 

Amazon Prime Video's latest series, Étoile, is Gilmore Girls' creator Amy Sherman-Palladino's newest venture, based on the world of the dance form ballet.

Palladino is best known for creating the American drama series Gilmore Girls, which debuted on The WB. She is also the creator of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which received 22 Emmy Awards.

A six-time Primetime Emmy Award winner herself, Palladino's latest venture is inspired by her 2012 ABC's Bunheads, which was canceled after just one season. Étoile, which is a French word meaning star, is also centered around ballet and will explore the difficulties and complexities of this declining dance form.

More on Amazon Prime Video's upcoming show in our story.

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Amy Sherman-Palladino opens up on her new Ballet series Étoile

Sherman, a trained dancer herself, was disappointed after the cancellation of her 2012 ABC series Bunheads, which was also centered around Ballet. In an interview with Vanity Fair, she opens on how the 2012 show paved the way for Étoile:

“Bunheads gave us a little taste of the fun of being in that world on a smaller scale. I trained as a dancer, so I have been mystified that nothing has really come close to capturing the weirdness of the dance world. They’re an odd, amazing bunch of people.”

Palladino also revealed that her new series is inspired by Frederick Wiseman's documentary La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet, which beautifully captures this declining art form.

She also reflected on the growing decline of this art form due to various reasons, such as budget cuts and the COVID-19 pandemic. She hopes to revive this beautiful art form through her show and influence more people to choose it as a career path.

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Release and cast details of Étoile

The show will have a total of eight episodes, which will be dropped in their entirety on Amazon Prime Video on April 24, 2025. According to an exclusive Vanity Fair report, the show has been assigned a two-season order, which means Season 2 is allegedly confirmed.

The cast is led by British-French actress Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg, who will play the character of Geneviève, interim general director of l’Opera Francais and Le Ballet National. Gainsbourg is best known for her roles in Kung Fu Master and The Passengers of the Night.

She is joined by Canadian actor Luke Kirby, who won a Primetime Emmy for his guest role in Palladino's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. He plays the character of Jack, executive director of the New York Metropolitan Ballet Theater.

The cast of Étoile is followed by:

• Gideon Glick
• Lou de Laâge
• Ivan du Pontavice
• David Haig
• David Alvarez
• Taïs Vinolo
• Simone Callow

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What are the plot details of Étoile?

Étoile follows the story of two struggling ballet companies, one in New York and the other in Paris. To save their respective ballet companies, Geneviève offers Jack a brilliant marketing campaign that might revive both of their ballet companies' futures.

She offers a one-year talent swap, under which the top talents at their respective companies would be swapped with each other to offer a new experience for the audiences and the talents working there.

Geneviève and Jack are also connected through their past romantic entanglements, which complicates their new equation and professional relationship even more.

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