Matt Damon Wants to Make a Sequel to His 1998 Cult Film

Matt Damon Wants to Make a Sequel to His 1998 Cult Film



The playersa cult film about the world of poker

A year after being thrust into the spotlight thanks to Will Hunt, Matt Damon has appeared The players. He played Mike McDermott, a poker ace who one day loses all his savings during a game. He then decides to give up cards and resume his law studies. But when his best friend comes out of prison with huge debts, Mike gets back into poker to help him. Very quickly, he finds himself having to win a very important match to pay a huge sum in a short time.

Directed by John Dahl, The players also features Edward Norton, John Malkovich, John Turturro and Famke Janssen. Since its release, the feature film has acquired the status of the cult film. It has benefited in particular from the growing popularity of poker. And as the game has evolved since the release of the feature film, Matt Damon would like to dive back into this world.

Matt Damon Reveals Film Crew’s Desire to Make Sequel

The actor won an Oscar for his work Will Hunt was a guest of Rich Eisen Show not long ago. The host of the show asked him if he had ever been asked to make a sequel to one of the titles in his filmography. Matt Damon then revealed that, for years, the whole film crew The players wanted to make a sequel to the feature film :

A movie that we’ve been talking about for years and trying to make – and I saw Edward Norton just a few weeks ago, and we all want to do it – is a second Players movie. Because so much has happened in the poker world in the last twenty-five years, and it would be fun to meet these guys again.

Matt Damon, however, has indicated that he will achieve this goal The Players 2we should first manage the rights to the story. And find an agreement that satisfies everyone. But he assured be working towards it.

The authors have already written a script

The American actor also revealed that there are writers behind The playersDavid Levien and Brian Koppelman, he had written a sequel after the release of the first film. He assures that this scenario was “Fantastic”.

And if the new story would be very different after so many years, Matt Damon therefore has confidence in their ability to write A “Excellent” scenariowhich would take into account the many changes that have taken place in the world of poker since the release of the first film. The question then is whether the team behind The players will in fact be able to give a sequel to the 1998 film.

Source: Cine Serie

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