Oscar Isaac is staying in business with Netflix, both in front of and behind the camera.
Isaac has signed on to star in and executive produce a drama series set in Las Vegas for the streamer and has also signed a first-look deal at Netflix. The series, which Netflix ordered in December, comes from Billions creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien and also counts Martin Scorsese among its executive producers.
Under the first-look deal, Isaac’s company Mad Gene, which he heads with Elvira Lind and Gena Konstantinakos, will develop series and movie projects for Netflix.
The deal comes on the heels of Isaac starring in the second season of Netflix’s anthology series Beef, which debuted in April. He also toplined director Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein adaptation for the streamer and stars in director Julian Schnabel’s In the Hand of Dante, due for release on Netflix later this year.
In the currently untitled Las Vegas series, Isaac will play Robert Redman, aka Bobby Red, president of the hottest hotel-casino in Sin City. The drama will follow the long-odds moves he makes to secure and expand his position in Las Vegas.
Koppelman and Levien will serve as showrunners and writers on the series, and J.C. Chandor — who directed Isaac in Triple Frontier and A Most Violent Year — will helm the first two episodes. Koppelman and Levien executive produce with Scorsese (via his Sikelia Productions); Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media; and Paul Schiff, Beth Schacter and Isaac. Kerry Orent is co-exec producer.
Deadline first reported the news.
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