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'Black Monday': Don Cheadle returns with his Marty the con charm to showcase the excess of the 80s

As Rod, the Jammer, Cheadle now is an outsider who is paving his way to get inside Wall Street unlike his previous character, Marty, who was already in the game.

Don Cheadle had proved himself as the ultimate businessman when his ruthless yet amiable character, Marty Kaan, in 'House of Lies', managed to sweep his clients with his manipulated truths and white-collared lies. Cheadle is back to once again throw some light on the legitimately immoral aspects, this time of Wall Street, in Showtime's upcoming show, 'Black Monday'. David Nevins, the president and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc., has announced that the 10-episodes series is set in the "80's Wall Street". 

As a "scathing comic commentary on the excess of the ’80s", Nevins has stated that 'Black Monday' will look at the cause which resulted in the October 19, 1987, stock market crash, one of Wall Street's worst disasters. Written by David Caspe and Jordan Cahan, the show will take us back to "the worst stock market crash in Wall Street history. To this day, no one knows who caused it — until now. It’s the story of how a group of outsiders took on the blue-blood, the old-boys club of Wall Street and ended up crashing the world’s largest financial system, a Lamborghini limousine, Don Henley’s birthday party, and the glass ceiling."