{"id":326900,"date":"2024-08-02T09:49:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T14:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=326900"},"modified":"2024-08-02T10:07:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:07:56","slug":"matt-damon-wants-to-make-rounders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/matt-damon-wants-to-make-rounders-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Damon Wants to Make Rounders 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Damon<\/a> says he\u2019s desperate to make a follow-up to the 1998 cult poker movie “Rounders.”<\/em> Speaking on the “Rich Eisen Show” this week, the Hollywood star said that so much has happened in the poker world over the quarter century since the first movie, it’s screaming out for a sequel.<\/p>\n

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Matt Damon, above, says it\u2019s high time for a “Rounders” sequel, and many of the people who were behind the original movie think so too. (Image: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What\u2019s more, many of those involved in making the original are on board with the idea, including Damon\u2019s co-star Edward Norton.<\/p>\n

“The one we’ve been talking about for years, and we’re trying to do — and I just saw Edward Norton a few weeks ago \u2026 like, all of us want to do it — is a second “Rounders” movie,\u201d Damon said. \u201cSo much has happened in the poker world in the last 25 years, it would be fun to catch up with those guys.”<\/p>\n

When the Flop Hits You<\/strong><\/h2>\n

“Rounders” was initially a box-office flop, pulled from theaters by Miramax after just three weeks, but it later gained a cult following on DVD. Along with the invention of the hole-card cam, the advent of online poker, and amateur qualifier Chris Moneymaker\u2019s<\/a> shock 2003 World Series of Poker victory, the movie is credited with kickstarting the \u201cpoker boom\u201d in the 2000s.<\/p>\n

The film follows the adventures of Mike McDermott (Damon) and his degenerate hustler friend \u201cWorm\u201d (Norton). Mike is torn between two worlds, the seedy demi-monde of the underground New York poker scene and the \u201cnormal\u201d life he is trying to live as a respectable law student with his girlfriend Jo (Gretchen Mol).<\/p>\n

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Mike fantasizes about revenge against a Russian gangster, who takes him for his entire bankroll at the beginning of the movie. The gangster, \u201cTeddy KGB,\u201d is played with hammy, sinister relish by the Oreo cookie-munching John Malkovich.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Worm comes back into Mike\u2019s life after being released from prison and confides he owes money to some bad people. So the two hit the tables in a bid to pay off the debt, leading to a final showdown with TeddyKGB. Ultimately, Mike rejects the idea of a normal life, chooses poker, and heads to Vegas to seek his fortune.<\/p>\n

Legal Hurdles<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Damon says plans for a sequel are still tied up in legal wrangling, but he believes this can be overcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to figure out the chain of title, who owns it — and everybody\u2019s got their hands in the pot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

We have to figure out a deal that makes sense for everybody, particularly the people who are going to make the movie \u2013 that\u2019s the artists\u2019 equity, that\u2019s who we care about, the cast and crew. And so, we\u2019re trying to figure that out because I think we\u2019d all like to do that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Damon added that “Rounders” writers David Levien and Brian Koppelman had a script for a sequel ready around 10 years ago, which he described as \u201cfantastic\u201d and \u201ca movie ready to go,\u201d but it never got off the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow there’s been another whole change in the poker world since then \u2026 I’m sure they could augment and roll with the times and update [the script] to where we are today and make something great,” Damon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Damon says he\u2019s desperate to make a follow-up to the 1998 cult poker movie “Rounders.” Speaking on the “Rich Eisen Show” this week, the Hollywood star said that so much has happened in the poker world over the quarter century since the first movie, it’s screaming out for a sequel. What\u2019s more, many of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":326901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3313,11,83771],"tags":[91911,91912,83750,91908,91910,91909],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMatt Damon Wants to Make Rounders 2<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Matt Damon says that cult poker classic Rounders is due for a reboot. 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