And in the years since the film, the idea of skilled amateur players turning small sums into millions has become far more of a reality than even the folks behind Rounders could have predicted. At the end of Rounders ( spoiler alert), McDermott has paid off his gambling debts and secured enough of his own cash to buy in to the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. But just for fun as we wait for actual news of the film, here are a few ideas on how they could make it work.įor starters, the film could see Matt Damon’s character, Mike McDermott, transformed into a well-known poker professional. Updating the story to modern times may be trickier than some assume. The film takes advantage of a brand of poker-played in basements and back rooms with shady characters-that has become, in the eyes of many, a thing of the past. No concrete details emerged in 2014, unfortunately, but Norton did say on Letterman recently that a sequel remained a possibility.īut what exactly would a Rounders sequel look like? The original has such a distinctly late-’90s atmosphere to it. The idea was for Damon and Norton both to return, and there were even rumors that Robert De Niro would hop on board as the new “villain” (though John Malkovich, who played the infamous Teddy KGB in the original film, was also rumored to be returning in a smaller role). Such talk actually began late in 2013 when a few different reports made it sound like a sequel was imminent.

Credited even by some professional poker players with helping to inspire the so-called “poker boom” of the early-2000s, the film earned a permanent place among the best in the casino and gambling genre. A few years ago we did a retro review of the iconic poker film Rounders, in which Matt Damon and Edward Norton starred.

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