Goliath (TV series)
Production
Production
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### Development

On May 14, 2015, it was announced that Amazon had issued a pilot order for the series, then titled *Trial*, based on a script by David E. Kelley and Jonathan Shapiro. On December 1, 2015, Amazon announced that it was bypassing the pilot process with the project and was instead issuing a straight\-to\-series order consisting of a ten\-episode first season to premiere in 2016\. The first season would ultimately come to consist of eight episodes total. On August 7, 2016, it was announced that the first season would premiere on October 13, 2016\.

### Casting

On June 25, 2015, it was reported that [Kevin Costner](/wiki/Kevin_Costner "Kevin Costner") was in talks to join the series in the lead role of Billy McBride. By June 30, he had exited talks. On July 23, 2015, it was confirmed that [Billy Bob Thornton](/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton "Billy Bob Thornton") had been cast in the role. In August, [Olivia Thirlby](/wiki/Olivia_Thirlby "Olivia Thirlby") and [Maria Bello](/wiki/Maria_Bello "Maria Bello") joined the main cast. On September 14, [Sarah Wynter](/wiki/Sarah_Wynter "Sarah Wynter") was cast in the series regular role of Gina Larson. In November, [Molly Parker](/wiki/Molly_Parker "Molly Parker") and [Britain Dalton](/wiki/Britain_Dalton "Britain Dalton") joined the production as series regulars. The following March, [Nina Arianda](/wiki/Nina_Arianda "Nina Arianda") and [Tania Raymonde](/wiki/Tania_Raymonde "Tania Raymonde") were also announced as part of the main cast. In June, [Dwight Yoakam](/wiki/Dwight_Yoakam "Dwight Yoakam") and [Harold Perrineau](/wiki/Harold_Perrineau "Harold Perrineau") were cast in recurring roles. In August, the final casting announcements, of Diana Hopper and [Jason Ritter](/wiki/Jason_Ritter "Jason Ritter") in recurring roles, were made.

For the show's fourth and final season, [Brandon Scott](/wiki/Brandon_Scott_%28actor%29 "Brandon Scott (actor)") and [Geoffrey Arend](/wiki/Geoffrey_Arend "Geoffrey Arend") joined the main cast, while [Obba Babatundé](/wiki/Obba_Babatund%C3%A9 "Obba Babatundé") and [Elias Koteas](/wiki/Elias_Koteas "Elias Koteas") appear in recurring roles.

### Setting

*Goliath* is set and filmed in [Santa Monica](/wiki/Santa_Monica%2C_California "Santa Monica, California"), California. The venue Chez Jay, which Billy McBride frequents and often works out of, is a real\-life bar and restaurant. Production for the fourth season moved to San Francisco.

### Renewal

On February 15, 2017, Amazon announced the series had been renewed for a second season. In that announcement, it was also confirmed that [Clyde Phillips](/wiki/Clyde_Phillips_%28screenwriter%29 "Clyde Phillips (screenwriter)") was joining the series in season two as the day\-to\-day showrunner. Kelley, Shapiro and Ross Fineman were set to remain in their roles as executive producers.


Who was cast in the lead role of Billy McBride?