La nueva serie de Netflix de Martin Scorsese es la versión televisiva de una de sus películas clásicas de gánsteres

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Martin Scorsese está creando una nueva serie de Netflix que tiene la sensación de una de sus clásicas películas de gánsteres de los años 90. Llamado The Roman, explora temas y personajes por los que Scorsese es conocido: historias duras y realistas sobre el mundo del crimen organizado.

Protagonizada por Oscar Isaac, con Alec Baldwin, Betty Gilpin y David Costabile en papeles secundarios, The Roman se centra en el jefe de un casino de Las Vegas que intenta salvaguardar su negocio y dominar a su competencia. La premisa de la película recuerda fuertemente a una película clásica de Martin Scorsese protagonizada por Robert De Niro.

El personaje de Robert De Niro en la película de 1995 Casino comparte sorprendentes similitudes con el personaje de Oscar Isaac en la nueva serie de Netflix, The Roman. Estas conexiones sugieren que The Roman podría verse como una reinvención contemporánea de la película clásica de Scorsese, considerada ampliamente como uno de sus mayores logros.

The Roman suena como la versión televisiva del Casino de Scorsese

It’s currently unknown if Bobby Red from The Roman has any connection to organized crime, though his casino seems to be running legally. However, his overall story strongly resembles Ace Rothstein’s struggle for control of Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s.

Martin Scorsese is executive producing a new series for Netflix, but filming hasn’t started yet, meaning it probably won’t be available until late 2027 or 2028. The show was created and is being written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the screenwriters behind Billions and Ocean’s Thirteen, and they will also oversee the series as showrunners.

Like the film Casino, this series is set in the same world and follows a similar main character. It has a classic Martin Scorsese feel, and while the specific mob figures haven’t been revealed yet, it’s clear the criminal underworld will play a significant role in the story.

Casino Is An All-Time Classic Of The Crime Genre

Drawing inspiration from the story of ambition and power struggles found in Casino, The Roman is clearly modeled after a classic gangster film. The 1995 movie, co-written by Martin Scorsese and Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pileggi, is a stunning and large-scale mafia tragedy.

Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone deliver standout performances, while Robert De Niro powerfully embodies the film’s tragic central figure. Like Scorsese’s previous work with the same writer, the film is set during the height of mob power and offers a compelling look at how obsession can lead to madness – a theme that resonates even outside the world of organized crime.

Casino is packed with unforgettable lines, like Ace Rothstein’s claim that he ‘sells people dreams for cash,’ and Nicky Santoro’s chillingly graphic account of how he tortured someone: ‘I had to put his fing head in a vice.’ Many believe the film boasts the strongest script of all Martin Scorsese’s gangster movies.

The Roman Completes Martin Scorsese’s Unofficial Casino Trilogy

With The Roman, Scorsese is essentially finishing an informal series of films. It’s similar in many ways to his movie Casino, and actually the second recent project he’s worked on with those themes. He was an executive producer on the 2021 film The Card Counter, which also starred Oscar Isaac.

This film, written and directed by Paul Schrader – the screenwriter of Taxi Driver – again explores the connection between gambling and crime, this time involving a large-scale conspiracy and abuses of human rights. Oscar Isaac’s role in The Roman connects nicely with this trilogy of Martin Scorsese films, and that connection doesn’t seem coincidental.

2026-05-20 20:10