Poker has been an inspiration for a lot of movies via the years – from Rounders to The Cincinnati Child to Molly’s Sport. Now a brand new entry is on the horizon after a trailer for the brand new crime thriller Useless Cash was launched on Thursday.
The movie is produced by Samuel Goldwyn Movies and directed by Luc Walpoth (Child Cash; Trojan Woman_.) Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild; Alpha Canine; Pace Racer; Lone Survivor_) and India Eisley (The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager; American Outlaws) star within the movie.
Goldwyn describes Useless Cash: “When a house poker recreation is robbed by armed males, professional poker participant Andy (Hirsch) and his girlfriend Chloe (Eisley) get caught within the center. Now, Andy should play the perfect poker of his life on the greatest recreation on the town to save lots of his and Chloe’s lives.”
The trailer options motion on the tables combined with loads of intrigue and drama. However the dwelling recreation theft is a little bit of a brand new twist on the poker theme. Legends like Doyle Brunson have recounted tales of robberies in video games earlier than the sport grew to become widespread at casinos. A house recreation in New York was even robbed earlier this 12 months.
How will Useless Cash stack up in opposition to different movies within the poker style? That is still to be seen, however gamers can determine for themselves when the film hits theaters and video on demand platforms on Sept. 13.
Rounders Sequel In The Works?
In associated information, Matt Damon and Ed Norton apparently are eager about being a part of a Rounders sequel. On the Wealthy Eisen Present not too long ago, Damon stated he’d even mentioned the likelihood with David Levien and Brian Koppelman, screenwriters of the unique. He stated a sequel might delve into adjustments the sport has undergone during the last twenty years.
“The one we’ve been speaking about for years, and we’re attempting to, and I simply noticed Edward Norton a number of weeks in the past, like all of us need to do it’s a second Rounders film,” Damon stated. “A lot has occurred within the poker world within the final 25 years, it might be enjoyable to meet up with these guys.
“That they had a complete film able to go then, however now there’s been a complete different change within the poker world since then, so I haven’t talked to them about what it might be, however I do know … what that they had 10 years in the past was unbelievable, and I’m positive they may increase and roll with the instances and replace it to the place we’re at the moment and make one thing nice.”
