Tag: David Levien
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Greenwich Film Festival to Honor TV Show Billions
In the Spotlight by Jessica Simms | Greenwich Time | July 18, 2023 Billions fans will soon have the opportunity to celebrate the award-winning television show at a Greenwich event. The Greenwich International Film Festival is holding a spotlight event on Billions on Saturday, September 14, 2024 at the Bruce Museum – 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830. The event…
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Billions Creators Break Down Dual Forces Driving the Series Finale: Their Souls Are in Peril
Motives, Music and Moral Uncertainty by Ben Travers | IndieWire | October 30, 2023 Brian Koppelman and David Levien speak to IndieWire about the motives, music, and moral uncertainty built into “Billions” final season. “Billions†ends not with one man reigning supreme, but two titans shaking hands. Chuck (Paul Giamatti) and Axe (Damian Lewis) joined…
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Billions Is Over. Its Creators Still Don’t Understand Why We Loved Axe
The Art of the Long Con by Miles Surrey | The Ringers | October 30, 2023 Showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien sat down to discuss the series finale, the art of the long con, and the public’s changing perspective on billionaires. Throughout the course of Billions, characters have conspired to take down their enemies…
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New York City Was the Real Star of Billions
Neighborhoods Where Characters Lived Served as Shorthand for Their Personalities by Dodai Stewart | New York Times | October 27, 2023 As the Showtime series airs its final episode, the showrunners look back at the essential role the city’s restaurants and neighborhoods played. New York City has been the backdrop for many TV series over…
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Billions Creators Wanted Finale to Feel Like West Wing
It’s a Thrill Riding Shotgun With These Avaricious Characters by Sarene Leeds | Vulture | October 27, 2023 The markets have closed for Billions, the high-stakes financial drama that concluded its run after seven adrenaline-filled seasons. With one last flawlessly executed final scheme, longtime rivals Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) and Bobby “Axe†Axelrod (Damian Lewis)…
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Billions Director Talks Series Finale Scheme and Gives Update on Spinoffs
Happy Endings for REAL Billions’ Fans by Ileane Rudolph | TV Insider | October 27, 2023 Who’d have thunk? Billions, Showtime’s smart and cynical hit show about the intersecting worlds of NYC’s financial and law enforcement goes out with a happy ending. TV Insider talked to Neil Burger, a producer and director who helmed, among…
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Billions Bosses Break Down That Electric Series Finale
Ending Was Crafted for the Billions’ Obsessives by Josh Wigler | The Hollywood Reporter | October 27, 2023 Series creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien tell The Hollywood Reporter that the ending was crafted for the “‘Billions’ obsessives” who stuck around with the finance drama for seven seasons, and potentially into multiple spinoffs on the…