I hope this happens. Mega-star, Leonardo DiCaprio is set to star in a new film based on the world of online gambling.
The yet-to-be-titled project will be set in Costa Rica, but the rest of the details are a little tough to find right now.
What we do know is that Brian Koppelman and David Levien (writers of Ocean’s Thirteen & Rounders) are attached to write the script. If their previous work is any indication, I expect it to make gambling and online poker look awesome – which it is.
We’re all interested in seeing the portrayal of how this is going to look.
Let me know what you think it’s going to be like. We’re making a lot of guesses around the office.
We’ll keep you posted on any new developments
Tags: Online, Poker Pop Culture, TV
I would love to see this movie come out. rounders is one of my favorites, but an online gambling movie could be great…i mean is it going to show how someone gets addicted to it? or how someone makes it big from lets say winning an online satellite into a major tournement. Anyway, can’t wait for this one. ProfessorJustin749 @carbon poker
Could be very interesting…I just hope that it puts online gambling in a good light. With the UIEGA and the moral right standing where they are, we sure don’t need some big motion picture show that makes out like this is a dirty underhanded industry. That will just make the PPA and it’s members fight that much harder.
Earl aka:”Skinski”
I’m guessing it’ll be “gritty”, but positive overall. For a lot of people, it could be their first exposure to the other side of online gambling — so hopefully it’s a favorable portrayal.
I am looking forward to this, if it happens. The best part of this is that Leo already has a great deal of experience in big hand poker, he won that hand at the beginning of Titanic to win tickets for the ship that couldn’t sink. Talk about a bad beat! I promise, no flop or turn references! (crfletch)
Rounders 2
Blood Money
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Awesome news:) I love movies about poker! Btw , http://allpokersecrets.blogspot.com/ writes that we can expect to see Rounders 2 if writers comes up with a great ideas. So let’s hope they will:) Rounders is my all time favorite movie.
C.