3 weeks ago
Netflix has announced The Roman as nan charismatic title of its Vegas play bid starring Oscar Isaac, on pinch nan summation of 3 bid regulars: Betty Gilpin (GLOW), Alec Baldwin (Kockroach), and David Costabile (Billions).
Gilpin will play Marla Blake, nan formidable woman of Isaac’s Bobby Red and a brilliant, highly connected lawyer, who knows really to navigate nan town’s darkest corners conscionable arsenic good arsenic her husband.
Alec Baldwin is playing Paul “Primo” Clark, a legendary and flint-eyed business technician, who is nan longtime president of nan organization. He’s a surrogate begetter fig to Bobby who isn’t acrophobic to fto his protégés conflict for his favor.
Costabile plays Bill Saverick. The usability of a rival casino, Saverick is simply a longtime subordinate of Bobby’s who often finds himself caught betwixt being a loyal friend and a target of nan town’s fierce business maneuvers.
Created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Billions, Super Pumped), who besides service arsenic showrunners and exec produce, The Roman is an hour-long play group successful nan high-stakes, sharp-elbowed present-day Las Vegas casino business, which is simply a modernized but still vulnerable type of nan legendary city. At nan halfway of which stands Robert “Bobby Red” Redman (Isaac), president of nan hottest edifice casino successful town, who has to make immoderate agelong likelihood moves to effort and unafraid his position and return much ground.
Isaac is exec producing nan bid alongside Koppelman and Levien, Martin Scorsese and Sikelia Productions, Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media, Paul Schiff and Beth Schacter. JC Chandor is besides exec producing and directing nan first 2 episodes, pinch Kerry Orent aboard arsenic co-EP. We were first to report connected Isaac’s involvement.
A three-time Emmy nominee known for headlining shows like GLOW along pinch films like The Hunt, Gilpin’s caller credits include Death by Lightning, Hal & Harper, American Primeval, Three Women and Mrs. Davis, to sanction conscionable a few. Upcoming, she’ll beryllium seen successful Netflix’s Office Romance, Ron Howard’s Alone astatine Dawn, Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, nan 2nd play of FX’s The Lowdown and more. She is represented by CAA, Anonymous Content and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller.
Known for movie classics like Glengarry Glen Ross and The Departed, Baldwin will adjacent beryllium seen starring alongside Taron Egerton, Zazie Beetz and Chris Hemsworth successful nan crime thriller Kockroach from Matt Ross. He is repped by UTA and head Matt DelPiano.
Known for roles successful bid like Billions and Breaking Bad, and for films like Lincoln, Costabile has astir precocious been seen on Chicago Med, Billions and different series. Upcoming, he has projects including nan 3rd play of Percy Jackson and nan Olympians at Disney+. He is repped by Verve and Gartner Group Entertainment.
