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Emmy winning actress Margo Martindale (The Americans) is set to recur in Showtime’s forthcoming legal thriller Your Honor starring Bryan Cranston. The 10-episode limited series is currently in production in New Orleans and is set to premiere in 2020. Martindale will play Senator Elizabeth Guthrie, the mother of the deceased wife of Cranston’s Michael Desiato, a respected whose son Adam (Hunter Doohan) is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. The series also stars Carmen Ejogo (Selma), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire), Sofia Black-D’Elia (The Night Of), Hope Davis (For the People) and Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name). Lorraine Toussaint (Orange Is the New Black), Chet Hanks (Shameless) and Jimi Stanton (The Punisher) are also set to recur. Related Story Showtime Tunes Up Docs On Rock Bands New Order, Duran Duran; Trailers Released The limited series is adapted from the Israeli … [Read more...] about Margo Martindale Set To Recur On ‘Your Honor’ At Showtime

EXCLUSIVE: Roma Maffia (Nip/Tuck) and Tony nominee Daniel Breaker (Passing Strange) are set for recurring roles in the upcoming fifth season of Billions, Showtime’s drama series starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. Season 5 is in production in New York and will premiere on the network in 2020. Created by executive producers/showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien, along with EP Andrew Ross Sorkin, Season 4 of Billions saw former enemies Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti), and Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), the chief counselor to each, come together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance, aimed at the eradication of all their rivals. They include Grigor Andolov (guest star John Malkovich), Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon), Bryan Connerty (Toby Leonard Moore) and Waylon “Jock” Jeffcoat (guest star Clancy Brown). Related Story 'Billions': Julianna Margulies & Corey Stoll Join Season 5 Cast Of Showtime Drama David … [Read more...] about ‘Billions’: Roma Maffia & Daniel Breaker To Recur In Season 5 Of Showtime Series

Julianna Magulies (The Good Wife) and Corey Stoll (The Strain) have joined the Season 5 cast of Billions, Showtime’s drama series starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. Created executive producers/showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien, along with EP Andrew Ross Sorkin, Season 4 of Billions saw former enemies Bobby Axelrod (Lewis) and Chuck Rhoades (Giamatti), and Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), the chief counselor to each, came together to form an uneasy but highly effective alliance, aimed at the eradication of all their rivals. They include Grigor Andolov (guest star John Malkovich), Taylor Mason (Asia Kate Dillon), Bryan Connerty (Toby Leonard Moore) and Waylon “Jock” Jeffcoat (guest star Clancy Brown). David Costabile, Condola Rashad, Kelly AuCoin and Jeffrey DeMunn also star. Margulies will play Catherine Brant, an Ivy League sociology professor and bestselling author. Stoll joins in a season-long arc as Michael Prince, a business titan from a small … [Read more...] about ‘Billions’: Julianna Margulies & Corey Stoll Join Season 5 Cast Of Showtime Drama

A month after it made decisions on its previous pilot slate, handing out series orders to drama The Affair and comedy Happyish, the pay cable network is back at it, greenlighting its first pilot for 2014, drama Billions. It was written on spec by journalist/author Andrew Ross Sorkin, whose book about the 2008 financial crisis Too Big To Fail was adapted by HBO Films, and by the feature writing duo of Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen). Billions will stay in the world of finance/politics/power chronicled in Too Big to Fail. It focuses on the collision and, at times, collusion between an aggressive U.S. attorney in New York and some of the richest hedge fund billionaires in the country. Koppelman, Levien, and Sorkin executive produce. They are repped by CAA and Karl Austen. In TV, Koppelman and Levien recently served as showrunners on HBO’s Rock ‘n’ roll drama project from Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger. He also wrote the 2003 ABC drama pilot The … [Read more...] about Wall Street Drama From Andrew Ross Sorkin, Brian Koppelman & David Levien Gets Showtime Pilot Order

Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot is close to a deal to headline and executive produce a limited series about film actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, from The Affair co-creator/executive producer Sarah Treem, The Handmaid’s Tale producer Warren Littlefield and Endeavor Content. Treem is in talks to write the limited series, which will chronicle the life and career of Lamarr, to be played by Gadot. Israel-born Gadot had been looking to do a project about Lamarr, who has been referred to as a real-life Jewish “Wonder Woman” whose inventions led to WiFi and GPS. I hear Treem came up with an idea on how to tell Lamarr’s remarkable story that Gadot sparked to. The project was taken to Showtime through Treem’s relationship there. She is the showrunner of The Affair, which is wrapping its fourth season and heading into its fifth and final season. Treem co-created the praised drama series with Hagai Levi. Related Story 'The Affair' Bids Farewell To … [Read more...] about Gal Gadot Nearing Deal To Star In Hedy Lamarr Limited Series From Sarah Treem For Showtime