Matt Damon Says He’s Still Pushing For A Second ‘Rounders’ Film
deadline.comIn an interview today on the Rich Eisen Show, Matt Damon admitted he still has strong interest in making a second Rounders movie.
The 1998 cult classic drama starring Damon and Ed Norton explored the underground world of high-stakes poker. The story is about two friends who need to win at high-stakes poker to quickly pay off a large debt.
A rounder is a person seeking high-stakes card games. The film opened in September 1998 and did $22.9 million against a $12 million budget, but remained popular thanks to the growth of poker. “The one we’ve been talking about for years, and we’re trying to, and I just saw Edward Norton a few weeks ago, like all of us want to do it is a second Rounders movie,” Damon said. “So much has happened in the poker world in the last 25 years, it would be fun to catch up with those guys.” Damon indicated that a deal for the rights to the movie is complicated.
But he hass been talking to the original writers. “They had a whole movie ready to go then, but now there’s been a whole another change in the poker world since then, so I haven’t talked to them about what it would be, but I know… what they had 10 years ago was fantastic, and I’m sure they could augment and roll with the times and update it to where we are today and make something great.” "The one we've been talking about for *years*, and we're trying to… I just saw Edward Norton a few weeks ago… all of us want to do it… is a second 'Rounders' movie." – Matt Damon
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