5 days ago
Shalom Brune-Franklin (Dune: Prophecy) and Jimmy O. Yang (Interior Chinatown) person landed roles in The Roman, Netflix‘s caller Vegas play bid from creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Billions, Super Pumped), which Oscar Isaac headlines and exec produces.
Brune-Franklin will play Jessica Christine “JC” Griffin. An alert and eager rising prima astatine nan casino, JC serves arsenic a captious big and fixer, managing nan whims of precocious rollers while harboring her ain large plans for nan future.
Yang plays Rich Tzu, a sophisticated, Eton-educated executive who serves arsenic a rival to Isaac’s protagonist, Bobby.
The duo joins a formed that besides includes nan antecedently announced Betty Gilpin, Alec Baldwin and David Costabile.
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.
Koppelman and Levien besides service arsenic showrunners and are exec producing alongside Isaac, 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.
Brune-Franklin stars successful HBO’s Dune: Prophecy, which is heading into its 2nd season, and is besides known for roles in The Girlfriend, The Assassin, Baby Reindeer and different series. She is represented by Hamilton Hodell, Mosaic, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
Yang is an character and comedian coming disconnected nan merchandise of his special Finally Home, taped during a sold-out arena tally successful his hometown of Hong Kong. He led nan caller Hulu series Interior Chinatown, stars successful Vera Miao’s scary drama Rock Springs, which premiered astatine this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and has besides precocious been seen successful Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman. He is repped by CAA, Artists First, and Schreck Rose Dapello.
