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Joseph Gordon-Levitt leads the ensemble as Kalanick with Jon Bass as Uber co-founder Garrett Camp and Kyle Chandler as venture capitalist Bill Gurley, Uma Thurman stands out with a fiery portrayal of Arianna Huffington. Ahead of Thurman’s debut in episode 4, “Boober,” airing Sunday, March 20, the actress opened up to ET’s Lauren Zima about transforming into the author and entrepreneur behind  who later joined Uber’s board of directors in a shrewd power play. “She plays a decisive role in this business thriller,” she says of the series adapted from Mike Isaac’s book of the same name by creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the duo behind Showtime’s . Even though the series is about Uber and not so much Huffington’s life and career, that didn’t stop Thurman from diving deep into her real-life counterpart’s background, “to sort of see through her eyes as much as possible,” the actress says, revealing that she’s previously met the author a number of times.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor “That’s like a billion dollars in Indiana.” That quip from Bobby Axelrod is one of the memorable lines in the series finale of “Billions,” the Showtime drama series that wrapped its seven-season run Oct. 27 with the crowd-pleasing episode “Admirals Fund.” Axelrod, played by Damian Lewis, delivers that line as he takes a victory lap after demolishing his latest foil, rival hedge fund manager Mike Prince (Corey Stoll). It’s a reference to that fact that Prince, after an elaborate sting pulled off by Axelrod and the core “Billions” ensemble, is left wiped out but for $100 million he invested with Black-owned banks a few years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: As his series creation The Bear turned in record Season Two ratings for Hulu, Christopher Storer is set to direct at Paramount Pictures The Winter of Frankie Machine, an adaptation of the 2006 Don Winslow novel. The film will be produced by Shane Salerno and The Story Factory, and Storer will use the Brian Koppelman & David Levien draft those writers did when Martin Scorsese was going to direct Robert De Niro in the lead role.

' return with season 7 in August, Showtime debuted the official trailer for the final installment in the financial drama, with audiences getting their first look at Damian Lewis' anticipated return as Bobby «Axe» Axelrod. «I'm back now, and I'm wide awake,» Axelrod says in the two-minute trailer, which teases the «one last showdown» to come in the final 12 episodes. According to Showtime, in season 7, «alliances are turned on their heads. Old wounds are weaponized.

is set to end with season 7 on Showtime, when the series returns with new episodes in August. The 12-episode final season, led by stars Paul Giamatti, Corey Stoll and Maggie Siff, also marks the return of Damian Lewis as Bobby «Axe» Axelrod.After leaving at the end of season 5, Lewis will once again share the screen with his original co-stars, Giamatti as Charles «Chuck» Rhoades, Jr.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Billions” will officially end with Season 7 at Showtime. The show, which is set in the world of high finance and politics, originally debuted on the premium cabler in 2016. Season 7 will consist of 12 episodes and is set to debut on Paramount+ with Showtime on August 11 before making its linear debut August 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. “‘Billions’ has deftly explored power, money and greed in a way that not only made it a massive hit, but also defined its own genre thanks to the creative brain trust of Brian and David,” said Chris McCarthy, President & CEO of Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios, and Paramount Media Networks. “This final season is packed full of the incredible, complex dialogue and character dynamics fans have come to love, and we are thrilled to partner with them on turning this hit series into a global franchise.”

the “Billions” universe is expanding with several spinoffs planned, all of which will be executive produced by showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien, as well as Paul Schiff, whose credits include “Rushmore” and “My Cousin Vinny.” ”Billions: Miami,“ ”Billions: London,“ ”Millions“ and ”Trillions” are all in the works, Showtime announced in February.Per Showtime’s logline, in Season 7, “Alliances are turned on their heads. Old wounds are weaponized.

For the second time in a week, the Writers Guild of America has shuttered Billions.

“You make billions/pay us some!” striking Writers Guild of America members chanted on the street of New York today near where filming was going on for Showtime’s Billions.

Damian Lewis is returning to the franchise and a multitude of spinoffs are being explored, but Billions could be set to end with its seventh season.

Screenwriter, filmmaker, and podcaster Brian Koppelman (“Ocean’s Thirteen,” “Rounders,” “Billions”) is a very open guy, and on his The Moment With Brian Koppelman podcast, he does AMAs (ask me anything), where he answers mailbag questions. But, for a while there, the writer/director/showrunner used to add something to the effect of, just don’t ask me questions about “Rounders 2.” READ MORE: Harvey Weinstein Says Matt Damon To Return For ‘Rounders 2,’ Robert De Niro Eyed For Villain The context here is “Rounders” is Koppelman’s 1998 poker movie he co-wrote with creative partner David Levien and directed by John Dahl.

Damian Lewis is bringing back Bobby Axelrod as he sets his return to the Showtime series Billions for Season 7. Lewis will appear in 6 of the 12 episodes when the show premieres later this year.

Chris McCarthy has been speaking about a franchise strategy for Showtime since he took over the network a couple of months ago. That strategy will include expanding successful series with multiple spinoffs in the mold of the Yellowstone universe as the premium cable network starts its integration with Paramount+ and getting a new moniker, Paramount+ with Showtime.

If you aren’t listening to Brian Koppelman’s excellent podcast, The Moment, let this be the reminder that you need to do that. A screenwriter, director, and current writer/showrunner, co-creator, and executive producer of Showtime’s “Billions” and the anthology show “Super Pumped,” which focuses on ‘The Battle For Uber’ in season one with his partner David Levien.

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For fans of Showtime’s drama Billions, the upcoming Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber may familiar in more ways than one – from the story of a striving entrepreneur looking to shake up their industry, to some of the talent that appears throughout the second. During a TCA panel on Wednesday, executive producers Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Beth Schacter said that they also felt the similarities upon depicting the rise of Uber for Showtime.

It may not technically take place in the same television universe, but Bobby Axelrod from “Billions” could totally guest star on Showtime’s “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.” The new show from “Billions” masterminds Brian Koppelman and David Levien, adapted from the book by Mike Isaac, has similar propulsive energy. Once again taking place in the world of big business, it features characters who often thrive in what could politely be called a moral gray area, propelled by sharp, witting writing and captivating performances.

SPOILER ALERT: This post includes spoilers for the latest episode of Billions.

Quentin Tarantino is making the jump to TV! Well, not as a filmmaker. And not really as an actor.

EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction) has been set as the narrator for the first season of Showtime’s Super Pumped anthology series chronicling The Battle for Uber. The project reunites the Oscar-winning filmmaker with his Kill Bill star Uma Thurman, who was tapped to play Arianna Huffington.

Showtime has renewed its hit series for Season 7.

Let the Facebook wars begin.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Billions” has been renewed for Season 7 at Showtime, Variety has learned exclusively. Season 6 of the series debuted on Jan. 23, with new episodes airing every Sunday on Showtime.In season 6 , the dust of season five clears to reveal a world that has evolved.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe business anthology series “Super Pumped” has been renewed for Season 2 at Showtime.The news was announced as part of the ViacomCBS investor day presentation. Each season of the show will focus on a different major story from the world of business.

@onepeloton to get people talking, but to be clear, we did *not* agree for our brand or IP to be used on @SHO_Billions or provide any equipment,” Peloton tweeted on Monday. “As the show itself points out, cardio-vascular exercise helps people lead long, happy lives.”We get TV shows want to include @onepeloton to get people talking, but to be clear, we did *not* agree for our brand or IP to be used on @SHO_Billions or provide any equipment. As the show itself points out, cardio-vascular exercise helps people lead long, happy lives.With the help of Ryan Reynolds, the Big scene was initially spun off into a Peloton ad, which seemed to make all parties happy.

With their “Billions” series already a big hit for Showtime, the cable channel is doubling down on creatives and writer/directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien, known as the writers “Ocean’s 13,” “The Girlfriend Experience,” and more. Now they have another new series ready to go called, “Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber,” which as the title suggests, is based on the 2019 nonfiction book of the same name by Mike Isaac, centering on the rise and fall of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Screenwriters, directors, showrunners, and filmmakers Brian Koppelman and David Levien like to look at the world around them for inspiration. For their Showtime series, “Billions,” they looked at the cutthroat world of finance, hedge fund managers, and the real-life prosecutions of financial crime by federal authorities that have made major headlines worldwide.

‘Super Pumped’ to life. We can’t wait for the world to see it.”The project was initially put into development as a limited series, but has since been re-conceived as an anthology.

Uma Thurman will join the cast of Showtime’s Super Pumped. The Oscar and Emmy-nominated actress is set to appear opposite Jospeh Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler in the first installment of an anthology series from Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be joined by Darren Pettie (“Mad Men”), Noah Weisberg (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”), Mark Gessner (“Power”) and Joel Kelley Dauten (“Feud: Bette and Joan”) in the upcoming Showtime anthology series “Super Pumped.” The four cast members will recur in the first season of the show, which will tell the story about the ride-sharing app and Silicon Valley unicorn Uber.The series, which is executive produced by Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Beth

Billions spoilers follow. Billions' season 5 finale aired in the US on Sunday (October 3), and shocked fans by saying goodbye to Damian Lewis' character Bobby 'Axe' Axelrod.

Damian Lewis has exited Showtime’s "Billions." With his very rich Bobby Axelrod on the run in Switzerland from the legal claws of Paul Giamatti’s Empire State Attorney General, Emmy winner Lewis ended his five season run on the Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin-created, high finance drama with a smile tonight.

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of the Billions Season 5 finale that debuted on streaming early this morning and on Showtime tonight

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorSPOILER ALERT:  Do not read if you have not seen “No Direction Home,” the Season 5 finale of “Billions.”“Billions” will get a big reset in its upcoming sixth season as the durable Showtime drama shift its prism on the world of billionaires, vulture capitalists and global high finance.“Billions” co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien confirm that Damian Lewis has bowed out after five seasons as the show’s central figure, the meglomaniac hedge fund

EXCLUSIVE: The first installment of Super Pumped, Showtime’s anthology series from Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien, has rounded out its cast.

Oscar nominee Elisabeth Shue is set as a lead opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kyle Chandler in the first installment of Super Pumped, Showtime’s anthology series from Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien.