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CBS Corp-owned Showtime described the show as "a complex and
contemporary drama about power politics in the New York world of
high finance."
Lewis, the Emmy-winning star of TV series "Homeland" and "Band
of Brothers," plays the "brilliant, ambitious" hedge fund titan,
Bobby "Axe" Axelrod.
Giamatti, famous for wine country comedy "Sideways" and HBO
series "John Adams," for which he won an Emmy, is politically
savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades.
"Billions" will be written and executive produced by Brian
Koppelman and David Levien, writing partners on the films
"Ocean's Thirteen" and "Rounders," and by Andrew Ross Sorkin, a
New York Times columnist and co-anchor of CNBC's squawk box.
The drama is slated for a 2016 premiere, while production begins
later this year, and the series will be shot in New York,
Showtime said.
(This story corrects to say Andrew Sorkin is co-anchor of CNBC’s
squawk box, not a guest host, in paragraph five)
(Reporting by Mary Milliken; Editing by Piya Sinha-Roy and
Jeffrey Benkoe)
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