With Martin Scorsese‘s 1995 crime drama, Casino, turning 30, there’s no higher time for the legendary filmmaker to return to Vegas for one more roll of the cube. Based on stories, Martin Scorsese is partnering with Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien for an untitled on line casino drama collection at Netflix.
What’s Scorsese’s untitled on line casino drama collection about?
Koppelman and Levien will showrun the mission, which we perceive is an eight-episode drama set in present-day Las Vegas. On the middle of it stands Robert “Bobby Red” Redman, president of the most well liked resort on line casino on the town, who has to make some lengthy odds strikes to attempt to safe his place and take extra floor.
Along with showrunning, Koppelman and Levien will govt produce with Paul Schiff (The Inheritance) through Finest Accessible, alongside Scorsese and his Sikelia Productions, Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media, and former Billions writer-producer Beth Schacter, with Kerry Orent (The Higher Sister) serving as co-executive producer.
How Scorsese partnered with Koppelman and Levien
Evidently, Netflix has been in discussions with Scorsese about launching one other mission because the launch of Scorsese’s The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, on the streamer in 2019. The thought for the untitled on line casino drama stems from an thought offered by Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn, and Scorsese. Initially, the mission was a interval piece. Nevertheless, when Netflix introduced Koppelman and Levien aboard, who had an thought for a extra modern on line casino drama, the 2 events collaborated, and the mission was given a inexperienced gentle.
It’s price noting that Scorsese’s untitled on line casino drama collection with Koppelman and Levien is unrelated to 1995’s On line casino, which facilities on two finest mates – a on line casino govt and a Mafia enforcer – who compete for a playing empire in addition to a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
What do you concentrate on Martin Scorsese returning to the on line casino ground alongside Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien? Will any of Scorsese’s ordinary suspects star within the new collection? Does a recent setting require a solid of recent faces? Are you a fan of Billions? Do Scorsese’s sensibilities as a filmmaker translate properly to a long-form on line casino drama collection? Tell us within the feedback part beneath.
