Hollywood actors Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti have been roped in to star in TV Network - Showtime's show "Billions".
The duo will feature in the pilot of the show to be shot in New York in early 2015. Director Neil Burger will helm the pilot, reports variety.com.
Set in the world of high finance, "Billions" revolves around the clash between two larger-than-life figures, a US attorney played by Giamatti and a hedge fund titan played by Lewis.
Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Andrew Ross Sorkin have written the script for the project apart from executive producing it.
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