Molly's Game (2017, D: Sorkin) S: Chastain, Elba, Costner, Cera
09-07-16, 02:23 PM
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Molly's Game (2017, D: Sorkin) S: Chastain, Elba, Costner, Cera
Michael Cera is in negotiations to join Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba in Molly’s Game, the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
The Mark Gordon Co. is producing with Amy Pascal and her Pascal Pictures banner the adaptation of the Molly Bloom's Molly’s Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boy's Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker.
STX, EOne and The Mark Gordon Co. are financing the project. STX will distribute in the U.S.
Chastain is starring as the film's title character, Molly Bloom, a skier who, after her Olympic dreams were dashed, headed to Los Angeles and became a cocktail waitress. But she rose through the social circuit to became an organizer of underground poker games for the Hollywood elite, with players including Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Her poker games came to an end when she was arrested by the FBI.
Cera will portray a character named Player X, an elite player who happens to be a celebrity who develops a unique relationship with Bloom. A November start date is being penciled in.
Cera was one of the voice stars of Sony’s surprise hit Sausage Party and also lends his voice to the character of Robin in Warner Bros.’s Lego Batman Movie, which is due to open Feb. 10, 2017.
Before he shoots Molly’s Game, Cera will shoot Captain Dad with Will Ferrell and Catherine Keener.
Cera is repped by ICM Partners, Thruline Entertainment and Lichter Grossman.
The Mark Gordon Co. is producing with Amy Pascal and her Pascal Pictures banner the adaptation of the Molly Bloom's Molly’s Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boy's Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker.
STX, EOne and The Mark Gordon Co. are financing the project. STX will distribute in the U.S.
Chastain is starring as the film's title character, Molly Bloom, a skier who, after her Olympic dreams were dashed, headed to Los Angeles and became a cocktail waitress. But she rose through the social circuit to became an organizer of underground poker games for the Hollywood elite, with players including Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Her poker games came to an end when she was arrested by the FBI.
Cera will portray a character named Player X, an elite player who happens to be a celebrity who develops a unique relationship with Bloom. A November start date is being penciled in.
Cera was one of the voice stars of Sony’s surprise hit Sausage Party and also lends his voice to the character of Robin in Warner Bros.’s Lego Batman Movie, which is due to open Feb. 10, 2017.
Before he shoots Molly’s Game, Cera will shoot Captain Dad with Will Ferrell and Catherine Keener.
Cera is repped by ICM Partners, Thruline Entertainment and Lichter Grossman.
09-07-16, 04:07 PM
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Sounds like an interesting subject. I'll be interested to see Sorkin's directorial ability.
09-07-16, 07:30 PM
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I imagine he'll have good acting, non-standout visual style with lots of tracking shots.
08-14-17, 10:20 AM
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08-15-17, 09:04 AM
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08-15-17, 08:27 PM
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I'm in!
And I don't know how she does it but Chastain seems to get more attractive with every role.
And I don't know how she does it but Chastain seems to get more attractive with every role.
08-18-17, 11:52 PM
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Molly's Game (2017) -- W/D: Aaron Sorkin, S: Chastain, Elba, Costner
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Has a great cast and Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed it.
However, I don't know if the subject will appeal to the folks here. Nobody here watched Miss Sloane.
Can't say I'm fired up for it by viewing that trailer. Although Chastain does look freaking hot.
MOLLY’S GAME is based on the true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe.
In Theaters November 22, 2017
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Chris O'Dowd, Michael Cera, Joe Keery, Rachel Skarsten, Graham Greene and Brian d'Arcy James
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Writer: Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Based on the memoir by Molly Bloom
Producers: Stuart M. Besser, Mark Gordon, Leopoldo Gout, Matt Jackson, Lauren Lohman, Lyn Lucibello and Amy Pascal
In Theaters November 22, 2017
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Chris O'Dowd, Michael Cera, Joe Keery, Rachel Skarsten, Graham Greene and Brian d'Arcy James
Director: Aaron Sorkin
Writer: Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. Based on the memoir by Molly Bloom
Producers: Stuart M. Besser, Mark Gordon, Leopoldo Gout, Matt Jackson, Lauren Lohman, Lyn Lucibello and Amy Pascal
Has a great cast and Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed it.
However, I don't know if the subject will appeal to the folks here. Nobody here watched Miss Sloane.
Can't say I'm fired up for it by viewing that trailer. Although Chastain does look freaking hot.
08-20-17, 09:33 AM
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I dunno. I like both Chastain and Sorkin, but this looks too much like another Miss Sloane. Basically, Chastain gives a great performance as always, but that's really all the movie has going for it and that's not enough to appeal to the masses. We may be surprised by Sorkin's directing, but I feel it would have been best entrusted to someone else . Also, unless that release date is a limited one, this is going to get crushed over Thanksgiving weekend.
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I don't think it'll crush it financially either, but I do think a movie about underground gambling has more mass appeal than a movie about political lobbying during a vicious political season.
10-05-17, 09:14 AM
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10-08-17, 03:59 AM
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This looks really good, especially that second trailer. I'll see this for sure.
10-10-17, 07:40 AM
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I like reading the books movies are based on, so I came across this. 90% of the time when a movie is based on real life people, the actor or actress is much better looking than the real life counterpart...but after seeing the real Molly, I'd say she gives Jessica Chastain a run for her money.
Damn!
Damn!
12-19-17, 08:40 AM
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Got lucky and caught an advanced screening of this last night. I liked it quite a bit, my only quibble being that Sorkin overindulges on the dialogue and has the characters go off on tangents. Wish Sorkin would tone it down a bit, the guy is clearly in love with himself and his writing.
It's a good story and well acted. Elba moreso than Chastain I thought. Wouldn't be against Elba getting at least an Oscar nomination for the role. Chastain is very good though, and has never looked better. She's in sexy and revealing outfits about 90% of the movie, so that was a big plus.
Cera isn't in the movie as much as the trailers make him out to be. Costner had a more impactful role as Molly's father. Strong performance.
Anyway, good movie, highly recommended.
It's a good story and well acted. Elba moreso than Chastain I thought. Wouldn't be against Elba getting at least an Oscar nomination for the role. Chastain is very good though, and has never looked better. She's in sexy and revealing outfits about 90% of the movie, so that was a big plus.
Cera isn't in the movie as much as the trailers make him out to be. Costner had a more impactful role as Molly's father. Strong performance.
Anyway, good movie, highly recommended.
01-05-18, 03:47 AM
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Saw this last night. I enjoyed the first 2/3 of the movie when it was mostly about all the poker playing shenanigans and the various colorful characters that showed up to play at Molly's high stakes poker games.
There's a great sequence where one of the top players completely falls apart after he foolishly outsmarts himself against someone he didn't know was a actually a shitty player.
Jessica Chastain was smokin' hot in this movie and it was hard to keep your eyes off her with all those low cut outfits.
Sorkin has a tendency to overwrite the dialogue just to show off his skill and some of it sounded contrived, but that didn't bother me too much at first.
However, in the end
The film is definitely worth a Moviepass admission to see Chastain, Idris Elba and some of the supporting actors (like Michael Cera) give noteworthy performances, but what starts off great ends up all soft and mushy.
There's a great sequence where one of the top players completely falls apart after he foolishly outsmarts himself against someone he didn't know was a actually a shitty player.
Jessica Chastain was smokin' hot in this movie and it was hard to keep your eyes off her with all those low cut outfits.
Sorkin has a tendency to overwrite the dialogue just to show off his skill and some of it sounded contrived, but that didn't bother me too much at first.
However, in the end
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The film is definitely worth a Moviepass admission to see Chastain, Idris Elba and some of the supporting actors (like Michael Cera) give noteworthy performances, but what starts off great ends up all soft and mushy.
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I am so torn on this movie ... when I first saw the trailers I wanted to see it. It looks good and is getting decent word of mouth. However, I am having issues with supporting it. I’m not quite sure how to convey it ... it’s not really moral or ethical dilemmas ... it’s more ... distaste for supporting the person it is about?
I don’t know her or much about her, but she strikes me as a spoiled little princess who feels she should be able to do whatever she wants without repercussions. Casting her as the hero for running an illegal gambling racket just bothers me.
Additionally, but unrelated to the movie (I presume), her brother conveys more of the same to me. Again, I don’t know him or much about him, but he comes off as a shameless self-promoting scam artist.
Probably nothing I said is fair, but something just rubs me wrong with this and I’m having a hard time putting my finger on it.
I don’t know her or much about her, but she strikes me as a spoiled little princess who feels she should be able to do whatever she wants without repercussions. Casting her as the hero for running an illegal gambling racket just bothers me.
Additionally, but unrelated to the movie (I presume), her brother conveys more of the same to me. Again, I don’t know him or much about him, but he comes off as a shameless self-promoting scam artist.
Probably nothing I said is fair, but something just rubs me wrong with this and I’m having a hard time putting my finger on it.
01-05-18, 09:18 PM
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Saw it today and really enjoyed it. And damn Chastain is fine in this.
01-05-18, 10:12 PM
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I just got back from a late afternoon matinee and I really enjoyed it too.
Chastain was awesome. She owned all her scenes and damn, she was smoking hot in this. The low cut blouses, short skirts and tight dresses. She looked damn good and you couldn't help IMO but be mesmerized by Molly.
Normally I'm not a huge fan of dialogue-driven movies that are 2+ hours long, but I thought all the dialogue was sharp and this was really edited well, which made it feel less like a 140 minute movie. It was a really solid 1st directing effort by Aaron Sorkin.
The ending was a little too "Hollywood", but other than that it was a really interesting story that I found pretty compelling. There was some good backstory as well about Molly which I think added depth to her character. Costner was good as her father.
I'd give it a B+
Chastain was awesome. She owned all her scenes and damn, she was smoking hot in this. The low cut blouses, short skirts and tight dresses. She looked damn good and you couldn't help IMO but be mesmerized by Molly.
Normally I'm not a huge fan of dialogue-driven movies that are 2+ hours long, but I thought all the dialogue was sharp and this was really edited well, which made it feel less like a 140 minute movie. It was a really solid 1st directing effort by Aaron Sorkin.
The ending was a little too "Hollywood", but other than that it was a really interesting story that I found pretty compelling. There was some good backstory as well about Molly which I think added depth to her character. Costner was good as her father.
I'd give it a B+
01-19-18, 02:10 AM
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Good, but not great. Tooooo long and toooo talky.
I thought Idris Elba was the best part of the film. Chastain was good, but not Oscar-worthy, IMO.
Cut 20 minutes off this movie.
I thought Idris Elba was the best part of the film. Chastain was good, but not Oscar-worthy, IMO.
Cut 20 minutes off this movie.
01-19-18, 09:14 AM
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Far too long at 139 minutes, especially since it feels like we're going in circles for much of the time.
01-20-18, 07:23 AM
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It was a good movie, but nothing special. And nothing I'd really like to see again. Heck, you get on all these message boards and most of the talk from guys about this film is how hot Jessica Chastain looks and how much cleavage is shown.