#FIRSTLOOK: NEW CASTING ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR “THE ROMAN”

Today, Netflix announced that Vincent D’Onofrio, Kate Mara, Clancy Brown, Thomas Sadoski and Jason Schwartzman will join the cast for The Roman, the new sin-city inspired drama series from Creators/Showrunners/Executive Producers Brian Koppelman and David Levien with Executive Producers Martin Scorsese and Sikelia Productions, Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media, Paul Schiff and Beth Schacter. They join previously announced Oscar Isaac, who will star in and executive produce the series, Betty Gilpin, Alec Baldwin, David Costabile, Shalom Brune-Franklin and Jimmy O. Yang.

Series Regulars:

Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil: Born Again, The Beauty) will play Dominic Ward. A powerful MMA mogul, Ward uses his “knockout power” to manipulate the casino bosses vying for his massive live events.

Kate Mara (A Teacher, Imperfect Women) will play Holly Reeve. A sultry and highly educated entrepreneur who runs the city’s most exclusive and discreet empire, Holly shares a deep, complicated history with Bobby.

Recurring:
Clancy Brown (I Will Find You, The Penguin, Dexter: New Blood) will play Elwood. A weathered and imposing figure with deep ties to the desert landscape, Elwood is a man of few words and significant actions who knows exactly where the city’s literal and metaphorical bodies are buried.

Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom, Wild) will play Chef Luca. A brilliant but self-destructive superstar chef whose personal entanglements and rock-star antics threaten to derail his high-end restaurant residency at The Roman.

Guest Star:
Jason Schwartzman will play David Krupp. A clean-cut heir and “freshwater fish” whose mounting casino debts thrust him into the high-pressure crosshairs of the Las Vegas elite.

Creators/Showrunners/Executive Producers: Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Billions, Super Pumped, Rounders, Ocean’s Thirteen).

Director (101, 102)/Executive Producer: JC Chandor

Executive Producers: Martin Scorsese and Sikelia Productions, Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media, Paul Schiff, Beth Schacter, Oscar Isaac

Co-Executive Producer: Kerry Orent

Logline: An hour-long drama set in the high-stakes, sharp-elbowed present-day Las Vegas casino business, which is a modernized but still dangerous version of the legendary city. At the center of which stands Robert “Bobby Red” Redman, president of the hottest hotel casino in town, who has to make some long odds moves to try and secure his position and take more ground.

Format: 8 episodes