Do you want to go to Sin City? Las Vegas—and Oscar Isaac—are waiting for us in The Roman. And we’re more than ready to enter this decadent world of casinos, money, and power. Are you? Here’s everything we know about the show.
The Cast and Crew:
The Roman will star Oscar Isaac as “Bobby Red,” the casino president at the heart of the show, Betty Gilpin as Marla Blake, Bobby’s formidable wife. Marla is described as “a brilliant, highly connected lawyer who knows how to navigate the town’s darkest corners just as well as her husband.” The series also features Alec Baldwin (Kockroach) as Paul “Primo” Clark, a legendary and flint-eyed business technician. Primo is the longtime chairman of the organization and a surrogate father figure to Bobby who isn’t afraid to let his protégés fight for his favor.
Also, The Roman will have David Costabile as Bill Saverick, the operator of a rival casino. Saverick is a longtime associate of Bobby’s who often finds himself caught between being a loyal friend and a target of the town’s aggressive business maneuvers, Shalom Brune-Franklin will play Jessica Christine “JC” Griffin, an alert and ambitious rising star at the casino, JC serves as a vital host and fixer, managing the whims of high rollers while harboring her own big plans for the future. Jimmy O. Yang will play Rich Tzu, a sophisticated, Eton-educated executive who serves as a rival to Bobby.
As if that weren’t enough, Vincent D’Onofrio 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 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. Clancy Brown will play Elwood, a weathered and imposing figure with deep ties to the desert landscape, is a man of few words and significant actions who knows exactly where the city’s literal and metaphorical bodies are buried.
Finally, The Roman cast includes Thomas Sadoski will play Chef Luca who is 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. Jason Schwartzman will play David Krupp, who is a clean-cut heir and “freshwater fish” whose mounting casino debts thrust him into the high-pressure crosshairs of the Las Vegas elite.
As for the team behind the scenes, Brian Koppelman and David Levien serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers. Other executive producers include Scorsese and Sikelia Productions, Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media, Paul Schiff, Beth Schacter, Isaac, J.C. Chandor, and co-executive producer Kerry Orent.
Chandor, who previously directed Isaac in Triple Frontier and A Most Violent Year, will direct the first two episodes of The Roman.
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The Plot:
The Roman is 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 it all 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.
So we can’t wait!
Release Date:
Unfortunately, we don’t yet have a confirmed release date for The Roman. But the show is already entering production, so we might be able to see the series in late 2027 or 2028 only on Netflix.
