The soon-to-be-rebranded Showtime will continue to show viewers the money, with a whopping four Billions spinoffs currently in the works.

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the pay cabler — which will soon merge with streaming service Paramount+ — is developing several offshoots of its long-running financial drama, two of which will take inspiration from the mothership’s title: Millions will follow “young characters on the come-up in finance,” while the “soapier” Trillions will focus on the ultra-rich.

A Miami-set and London-set spinoff round out the quartet of planned projects, which are being overseen by Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien.

Additionally, on the heels of TVLine’s exclusive report that Paramount+ is developing a Dexter prequel series, WSJ reports that a spinoff chronicling the origins of John Lithgow’s Trinity Killer is also in the works; get more details here.

The expansion of the Billions and Dexter universes comes as Paramount+ and Showtime are set to combine into one shared service later this year, under the name Paramount+ With Showtime. The linear Showtime channel will be rebranded, also as Paramount+ With Showtime, and Showtime content will be available to stream on Paramount+’s ad-free tier (with no add-on needed).

Billions has been part of Showtime’s lineup since January 2016, initially centering on Damian Lewis’ Bobby “Axe” Axelrod and Paul Giamatti’s Chuck Rhoades. Lewis later left the show during its Season 5 finale and was ostensibly replaced by Corey Stoll as billionaire business titan Mike Prince.

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