William Hurt, Paul Giamatti HBO banking crisis drama comes to Sky Atlantic

HBO's Emmy-nominated banking crisis drama Too Big To Fail will air on Sky Atlantic in the autumn, it has been confirmed.

William Hurt, Paul Giamatti, James Woods and Cynthia Nixon star in the adaptation of Andrew Ross Sorkin's best-selling book about the US economic crisis in 2008.

Oscar-winner Hurt plays treasury secretary Henry Paulson as he faces a mutli-billion dollar black hole and is charged with stabilising the economy. Giamatti plays the chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke.

Woods takes on the role of Lehman Brothers' CEO Richard Fuld, while Bill Pullman is CEO of JP Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon.

Matthew Modine and Michael O'Keefe are also among the cast.

Too Big To Fail will air on Thursday, September 15 on Sky Atlantic.

Too Big To Fail picked up 11 Emmy nominations earlier this month, including 'Outstanding Miniseries or Movie' and 'Outstanding Lead Actor In a Miniseries or Movie' for Hurt.

Watch Paul Giamatti talking about his role in Too Big To Fail below: