Updated 3:38 p.m.
Be on the lookout for some major star power in Middle Village as the new Showtime series “Billions” films on Metropolitan Avenue this Thursday.
Posters along Metropolitan Avenue alert the community that there will be no parking beginning at 10 p.m. on July 15 in preparation for the shoot on July 16, which will run from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. the following morning.
The production company has parking requests for Metropolitan Avenue between 74th Street and 80th Street, both sides, with full block control; 78th Street between Metropolitan Avenue and 67th Road, both sides, with 3/4 block control; 78th Street between Metropolitan Avenue and 66th Drive, both sides, with full block control; 66th Drive between Gray Street and 78th Street, on the south side, with 1/2 block control; 74th Street between 66th Drive and Metropolitan Avenue, both sides, with full block control; and 75th Street between Metropolitan Avenue and 67th Road, both sides, with full block control.
The series is headlined by Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning actors Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, as well as Malin Akerman of “Watchmen” fame.
Giamatti plays Chuck Rhoades, a shrewd U.S. Attorney who has his sights set on taking down Lewis’ character, Bobby “Axe” Axelrod, a corrupt billionaire hedge fund king in this complex drama about power and politics in the world of New York high finance.
It is not known if Giamatti, Lewis or Akerman will be on the Middle Village set on July 16.
The show is set to air on Showtime in 2016.
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