Tag: Glenn Fleshler
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Billions on Showtime, Season 5 Episode 1: The New Decas – May 3, 2020
Unity or Lack Thereof by Damianista | Fan Fun with Damian Lewis | May 3, 2020 Advance Warning: This will be a long review. I just wanted to touch upon everything that happened in the season premiere because it sets the tone for what is to come! And you know, I just love talking about…
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Billions Is Back, and It’s More Billions Than Ever – May 3, 2020
Season 5 Interview with Co-Creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien by Sam Schube | GQ | May 3, 2020 If it seems like the verbal acrobatics on Billions could only have come from a kind of writerly mind-meld, that’s because they do. Co-creators and showrunners David Levien and Brian Koppelman met at 15, and have…
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Introducing ‘Behind the Billions’ – May 2, 2020
Behind the Scenes Podcast on Spotify by Gingersnap | damian-lewis.com | May 2, 2020 Introducing ‘Behind the Billions!’ Co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien give a behind-the-scenes look into Billions season five. After each episode’s airing on Showtime, the podcast will unpack the writing of the script, exclusive stories from production, the ideas behind the music…
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Billions Returns to Old Conflicts and Alliances, While Adding New Foes – May 1, 2020
Psychological Warfare: All Smiles Through Gritted Teeth by Brian Lowry | CNN | May 1, 2020 “Billions” has shuffled allegiances so many times it’s tough to keep track without a scorecard. But the bottom line is that Showtime’s high-stakes drama remains enormously entertaining, making its return more than welcome, even if the show’s latest creative…
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Billions Review: Money’s the Root of All the Delicious Evil – May 1, 2020
Backstabbing and Frontstabbing by Richard Roeper | Chicago Sun Times | May 1, 2020 Everyone is awful. We’ve known that for quite some time about virtually all the major players (and many of the supporting ones as well) in Showtime’s addictive money-drenched drama “Billions,†but never has it been more evident than in the first…
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Billions Creators on Releasing Season 5 of the New York Drama in Uncertain Times – May 1, 2020
An Insider-y Take On A Not So Insider-y Show by Stacey Wilson Hunt | Fortune Magazine | May 1, 2020 There’s little that Brian Koppelman and David Levien haven’t tackled in their artistic careers. From early forays in the music business (Koppelman), to novel-writing (Levien), to the ups and downs of screenwriting-in-tandem—including 1998’s Rounders and…
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Corey Stoll is Ready To Go To War with Axe – May 1, 2020
Damian Is So Game by Derek Lawrence | Entertainment Weekly | May 1, 2020 Season 5 of Billions is set to find rivals-turned-allies Chuck (Paul Giamatti) and Axe (Damian Lewis) returning to rival status, but Axe is going to be on the attack from all sides as Corey Stoll joins the hit Showtime series in…