Aaron Sorkin to Make Directorial Debut with Hollywood Poker Ring Film

Thus, Molly’s Game could not only become a test for Sorkin’s skills as a director, but the bankability of future Sorkin-scripted dramas. Sorkin had signed on as the movie’s screenwriter, and will now assume directing duties, as well.

Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world-an insider’s story of excess and danger, glamour and greed.

Sorkin is now receiving serious Oscar buzz for his Steve Jobs screenplay, though the film underperformed at the box office due to its limited release strategy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sorkin will be crafting a screenplay and make his directorial debut for Sony with a project based on the intriguing 2014 biography, Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boy’s Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker by Molly Bloom. The film reunites Sorkin with his Steve Jobs producer, Mark Gordon, while Amy Pascal is also set to produce. Her life took a hard left turn after she was rejected from the U.S. Olympic team and moved to Los Angeles. The book by Molly Bloom chronicles how the athlete and a law student wound up running an exclusive high-stakes Hollywood poker game, with players including Ben Affleck and Tobey Maguire…and, unbeknownst to her, members of the Russian mafia. The project is on the fast track and the casting process is expected to get underway soon.

Sorkin is one of Hollywood’s best-known writers.

Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. (And yes, she shares the good gossip.) But the good times come to an end when the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested her in 2013. Molly’s game became the game for those in the know-celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires.

Molly’s Game is an incredible coming-of-age story about a young girl who rejected convention in pursuit of her version of the American dream.