Billions creators discuss how coronavirus halted production

GQ

Brian Koppelman had been closely monitoring the coronavirus story since mid-January, so he was ready when production was shut down after the completion of Episode 7. "We, pretty early on, started doing Zoom meetings for the writer's room, which was pretty productive," says fellow co-creator David Levien. "And we're marching towards finish everything up in that regard. We had to finish post on a couple of last episodes that were shot, and that's been working remotely pretty well. Shooting the rest of the season's going to be a problem, however." Koppelman adds: "Yeah, we'll get it done. With the season written and everyone's ready to come back, we're all, as Chuck Rhoades might say, champing at the bit to get back to shoot. We just have to do it when it's safe for the cast and crew."