It's being reported today that Leonardo DiCaprio has signed on to make a movie about poker. Sure. Except this movie is about online poker. Huh? From Variety:
Paramount has put its chips down on an untitled pitch about the world of online casinos based in Costa Rica. Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star and produce through his Appian Way shingle.
The untitled project hails from scribes Brian Koppelman and David Levien ("Rounders," "The Girlfriend Experience," "Ocean's Thirteen"). Appian Way's Jennifer Davisson Killoran will produce.
Online casinos, whatever. Same diff. (Sidenote: "Paramount has put its chips down"? The Pulitzer committee should put its award down, in this writer's face.) From the writers of Rounders and Ocean's 13? These guys should not be selling screenplays, they should be sitting in front of a television crew with Dr. Drew, getting help for their gambling addiction.
Seriously, though? Online gambling? Is there anything more boring for a plot device for a movie?
Sure.
- Scrapbooking Club
- Online Scrapbooking Club
- Beanie Baby Collectors
- The Cutthroat World Of Three Legged Potato Sack Racing
- Competitive Watching Paint Dry
- Online Competitive Scrapbooking Club
But only barely. Dumb.
