Meredith Quill July 14, 2015 Share July 14, 2015 Anticipate Here! 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/28910-billions-anticipation/
formerlyfreedom August 12, 2015 Share August 12, 2015 We have a premiere date! January 17, 2016. Billions is a bold, contemporary drama that explores worlds of ultra-wealth, influence and corruption as personified in two highly ambitious opposing figures: hard-charging, blue-blooded, politically connected U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and brilliant, calculating, blue-collar billionaire hedge fund king, Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod (Damian Lewis). Set amongst the Machiavellian machinations of New York City power politics and finance, Billions weaves an intricate narrative featuring a high-stakes game of predator-versus-prey. Maggie Siff, Malin Akerman, Toby Leonard Moore, David Costabile and Condola Rashad also star. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/28910-billions-anticipation/#findComment-1407275
scrb December 25, 2015 Share December 25, 2015 Well Showtime is promoting the hell out of it and if I'm paying of the subscription, I'll check it out. How will it differ from House of Lies? Will it be another show about cynical businessmen? Looks like the creators of the series do not have a big TV background. Movies yes, but not TV. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/28910-billions-anticipation/#findComment-1826535
Eyes High January 4, 2016 Share January 4, 2016 (edited) The promo looks great, sounds terrible. Some of that dialogue...eesh. The creative team looks dubious: David Levien and Brian Koppelman are the writing team behind such "gems" as Runner Runner (8% on Rotten Tomatoes) and Ocean's Thirteen. Andrew Ross Sorkin has virtually no TV writing experience. I'm not sold. I will watch it, because the cast looks fantastic and because I love lawyer shows, but I am concerned. Damian Lewis usually stars in very good material, though--Band of Brothers, Life, Homeland (started out good, anyway), the Forsyte Saga, Wolf Hall, etc.--so maybe it won't be all that bad. Edited January 4, 2016 by Eyes High 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/28910-billions-anticipation/#findComment-1843449
Inquisitionist January 15, 2016 Share January 15, 2016 Saw Damian Lewis promote this on Colbert's show and was not impressed by whatever accent he was supposed to be doing in the clip that was shown. It didn't sound like any strain of American I'm familiar with, which is odd given how well Lewis has done portraying Americans in the past. But I heard a good review on NPR this morning, so I'll give it a shot. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/28910-billions-anticipation/#findComment-1872410
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