August 16, 2017
Yesterday we highlighted the trailer teaser on “Molly’s Game” – the movie based on the story of poker princess Molly Bloom. Here’s the full trailer:
August 15, 2017
The first teaser vid on the movie Molly’s Game has been released in advance of a reported November 22 premier for the poker film, directed by Aaron Sorkin and based on the true events in New York three years ago, when the authorities busted a massive celebrity poker network that generated millions of dollars (see […]
October 18, 2016
The producers of Molly’s Game, a biographical movie about celebrity poker organiser and ‘poker princess’ Molly Bloom, are reportedly in talks with top US movie star Kevin Costner, who may join the cast as Molly’s father. The entertainment industry publication Empire Online says shooting will soon start under the direction of Aaron Sorkin, who has […]
September 22, 2016
The trailer for a new online poker-based movie titled LuckBoxes has been released, showcasing a 2009 tale around two brothers, struggling to find their way in the Great Recession, who turn to online poker to save their childhood home from foreclosure. The movie is produced by Ryan Firpo, who is perhaps better known for his […]
December 13, 2015
The latest movie centred on a poker theme, Cold Deck, has an action-packed storyline that includes the heist of a high stakes poker game, an enterprise that misfires somewhat when one of the players turns out to be a psychopathic killer with a penchant for battle-axes. Written by Stéfano Gallo and Jason Lapeyre and directed […]
January 22, 2015
The publication Entertainment Weekly reports that a new film based on poker and entitled Mississippi Grind and starring Ryan Reynolds will be released later this year. Reynolds plays a peripatetic poker player who heads for a high stakes tournament in New Orleans with a rather dissolute partner, played by Ben Mendelsohn. Script writer Ryan Fleck […]
December 20, 2014
The horror-violence movie “Poker Night” launched to rather negative reviews in Los Angeles this week, following availability on VOD and iTunes earlier this month. Set in small-town Warsaw, Ind., but filmed in British Columbia, the movie is about a young cop who is invited to join a poker evening group comprising a selection of older […]
November 14, 2014
The spectacular dismantling of a massive celebrity-littered poker and betting ring in New York last year (see previous reports) is to become the subject of a movie. Veteran television screen writer Aaron Sorkin has announced that he is to bring the story of the ring, most recently exploited by erstwhile organiser and poker princess Molly […]
August 8, 2014
Action movie star Steven Segal is one of the leads in a new poker movie set for release September 1 in the States and titled “Gutshot Straight”. Directed by Justin Steele, the film also stars George Eads (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” TV star) and UK hard man Vinnie Jones. Pre-launch publicity material describes the lead […]