著名编剧艾伦·索金(Aaron Sorkin)即将转行做导演,而他导演的第一部电影是《茉莉的牌局》(Molly’s Game),该片根据真人真事创作,讲述了“扑克公主”茉莉·布鲁姆(Molly Bloom)的故事。 茉莉·布鲁姆(Molly Bloom)年轻时专注滑雪,水平在世界上排在前列。然而在奥运会选拔中她不幸名落孙山,之后她决定在读法律学院之前给自己一年的假,于是就跑去洛杉矶当了女招待,结果迷上了开设赌局,凭借自己的聪明头脑,茉莉在八年间通过开设赌局赚了数百万美元。来她赌局的都是一些好莱坞巨星和富豪巨贾,包括本·阿弗莱克、莱奥纳多·迪卡普里奥等。 《茉莉的牌局》将根据茉莉·布鲁姆本人2014年出版的回忆录改编,索尼公司将负责制作和发行。Molly Bloom, a beautiful young Olympic-class skier, ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans, and finally, unbeknownst to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey, who learned that there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led us to believe.