With Aaron Sorkin hard at work (I’m assuming he’s working hard) on the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic to be directed by Danny Boyle, he has already lined up another true story to put his fast talking banter into. This next project would be an adaptation of Molly Bloom‘s poker memoir “Molly’s Game“.
[amz asin=”B00DB32V4G” size=”small”]Here’s the book description, and when it talks celebrities it’s referring to the likes of Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio, Alex Rodriguez, Matt Damon and Tobey Maguire, whom Bloom has described as a great player but a sore loser and worse tipper.
Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world–an insider’s story of excess and danger, glamour and greed.
In the late 2000s, Molly Bloom, a twentysomething petite brunette from Loveland Colorado, ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen–she was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to play.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly’s game became the game for those in the know–celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires. Molly staged her games in palatial suites with beautiful views and exquisite amenities. She flew privately, dined at exclusive restaurants, hobnobbed with the heads of Hollywood studios, was courted by handsome leading men, and was privy to the world’s most delicious gossip, until it all came crashing down around her.
Molly’s Game is a behind the scenes look at Molly’s game, the life she created, the life she lost, and what she learned in the process.
Along with the Jobs movie, which is looking at non-fiction book by author Michael Lewis (Moneyball). How many true stories is this guy going to tackle?
Out of the three movies he is working on post-Jobs, this most recent announcement sounds the most interesting to me. The story of this woman running one of the biggest high stakes poker games in the world sounds quite interesting to me. Sorkin’s patter, I’m sure, could lends itself very well to that story. Mark Gordon will produce the film, who is already a producer on the Steve Jobs film.
Original report from Deadline.
