- Martin Scorsese has reunited with Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien for a Netflix drama series with Las Vegas taking centre stage.
- The project traces its origins to a โgeneral ideaโ executive producers Julie and Rick Yorn brought to Netflix with Scorsese attached as an episodic follow-up to 2019โs The Irishman.
- Scorsese and Casino aside, Koppelman and Levin famously penned both Rounders and Oceanโs 13 prior to hitting it big with Billions.
In yet another one of lifeโs funny little symmetries: on the 30th anniversary of Casino starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese has officially been greenlit to revisit familiar territory by linking back up with Billions co-creators, Brian Koppelman and David Levien, for a Netflix drama about Las Vegas gambling.
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According to Deadline, the eight-episode affair is โset in the high-stakes, sharp-elbowed present-day Las Vegas casino business, which is a modernised but still dangerous version of the legendary city. At the centre of it stands Robert โBobby Redโ Redman, president of the hottest hotel casino in town, who has to make some long odds moves to try and secure his position and take more ground.โ
The publication also notes that while the currently untitled project shares a setting with Scorseseโs Casino, the Netflix series โis not related in any way to the film.โ
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Martin Scorsese (via his Sikelia Productions), Brian Koppelman, and David Levien are joined by the latter twoโs producing partner Paul Schiff (Rushmore); the legendary directorโs longtime collaborators Julie and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media; as well as former Billions writer-producer Beth Schacter, with Kerry Orent (The Better Sister) serving as co-executive producer.
Koppelman and Levin โ who themselves have notably penned Rounders and Oceanโs 13, and briefly worked with Scorsese on HBOโs Vinyl โ will also serve as joint showrunners. Stay tuned for future updates (casting, release date, trailer, news, etc.).
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