The making of the series was announced in 2018. James Franco was to direct the miniseries and play Lee. It was given a series order in December 2020 by Hulu. At that time, they said that James was to play Anderson and Stan would replace Franco. Casting announcements were made throughout 2021. Filming took place in Los Angeles between April and July 2021.
The first three episodes of Pam & Tommy were first shown on Hulu on February 2, 2022. They were directed by Craig Gillespie. The rest of episodes were shown one episode each week after that. The miniseries mostly well liked by the critics. They said the cast performed very well. The series has eight episodes in it.
Brian Huskey as Gambler in Debt (in "Destroyer of Worlds")
Clint Howard as himself playing his character Schmitz in Barb Wire (in "Destroyer of Worlds")
Production
Development
The series was first announced in 2018. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were working on the project under their production companyPoint Grey Pictures. James Franco was to direct the miniseries and play Tommy Lee.[2] By December 2020, Franco had left the series. It was announced that Hulu had approved the project. They wanted them to make eight-episodes. Craig Gillespie was to direct with Robert D. Siegel writing and Rogen and Goldberg executive producing the miniseries.[3]Tatiana S. Riegel, who has often worked with Gillespie, was to edit the miniseries.[4]Pamela Anderson reportedly did not want to be in the series at all.[5] Lee was also not a part ofthe series but he supported it.[6] The series is based on a 2014 Rolling Stone article about the story of how Anderson and Lee's sex tape was stolen and released. Siegel found it hard to believe the events had not been made into a movie or series already. Siegel and D.V. DeVincentis said that most of the "basic plot beats" came from that article and "the basic mechanics" of the events "was pretty much what happened". The conversations between the characters was written to be more dramatic.[7]
