Online Gambling Film ‘Runner, Runner’ Will Star Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake
A film that delves into the world of online gambling, “Runner, Runner”, will star two big names, Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake.
“The Lincoln Lawyer” director Brad Furman will head up the project.
From Filmonic.com:
There aren’t any more details on the story other than the bit about online gambling, but an encouraging piece of information (aside from the casting) is that the film’s screenplay was written by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the guys who wrote the poker movie Rounders for Affleck’s buddy Matt Damon back in 1998. Rounders beat America’s poker craze by about five or six years, so this duo is obviously very familiar with how to make a great gambling movie.
Leonardo DiCaprio had initially developed the project but it was later sold to New Regency by Paramount. DiCaprio will be a producer for the film. Production should begin this summer.
- Jordan Bach, Gambling911.com
