Netflix Orders Vegas Casino Drama with Scorsese

Netflix has greenlit an eight-episode drama series set in the high-stakes world of present-day Las Vegas casinos, with acclaimed director Martin Scorsese serving as an executive producer alongside creators and showrunners Brian Koppelman and David Levien.

The untitled project centers on Robert "Bobby Red" Redman, the president of the city's most popular hotel-casino. Redman navigates intense competition and risks to protect his standing and expand his influence in a modernized yet perilous version of the iconic gambling hub. Koppelman and Levien, known for their work on the financial thriller Billions, are writing the series and steering its production. Scorsese, whose 1995 film Casino explored similar territory, brings his expertise to the executive producer role through his Sikelia Productions banner, though the new show is not connected to or a reboot of that movie.

The series marks a return for Scorsese to both Netflix, following his 2019 crime epic The Irishman, and the gritty underbelly of organized gambling. Initially pitched as a period piece by Scorsese and producers Julia Yorn and Rick Yorn of Expanded Media, the concept evolved into a contemporary narrative after...