{"id":2773,"date":"2013-10-10T20:12:05","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T00:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2013-10-10T20:33:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T00:33:10","slug":"rounders-sequel-runner-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/rounders-sequel-runner-runner","title":{"rendered":"Rounders Sequel may hinge on “Runner, Runner”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ever since the 1998 cult classic Rounders<\/em> was released, many poker players have been interested in seeing a sequel. After all, there are some burning questions that fans of the first movie have, such as the following:<\/p>\n

– How did Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) do at the WSOP?<\/p>\n

– Did “Worm” (Edward Norton Jr.) do anything worthwhile with his life?<\/p>\n

– Is Teddy “KGB” (John Malkovich) still hustling players in his card club?<\/p>\n

– Did Joey Knish (John Turturro) ever grow the “stones to take a shot?”<\/p>\n

Well our chances of having these questions answered may all depend on the success of a more current movie in Runner, Runner<\/em>. The thriller, which centers on the shadier side of the online poker industry, has currently grossed $31,106,712 – just above its $30 million production budget. When its subsequent weeks and DVD sales are factored in, Runner, Runner could end up showing a profit against the $30m budget and undisclosed advertising\/promotion costs.<\/p>\n

If you’re wondering why a Rounders sequel hinges so much on Runner, Runner, it’s because writers Brian Koppelman and David Levien have a hand in both films. This duo wrote the original Rounders, and they also came up with the script for Runner, Runner. Assuming this anti-online poker flick takes off, it could convince investors that Koppelman\/Levien’s Rounders II concept is worthwhile. The pair commented on this matter by telling PokerNews the following:<\/p>\n

We do, however, have the story for Rounders II worked out, and all the actors and the director of the first film are ready to come do it. It’s a matter of the companies who control the rights getting behind it and allowing it to happen.<\/em><\/p>\n

What’s really cool is to hear that the guys who made the first Rounders so great – Damon and Norton – would be ready to come out and do a sequel. Now we just have to wait for the Hollywood politics and financials to play out before Rounders II becomes a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever since the 1998 cult classic Rounders was released, many poker players have been interested in seeing a sequel. After all, there are some burning questions that fans of the first movie have, such as the following: – How did Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) do at the WSOP? – Did “Worm” (Edward Norton Jr.) do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[447,1391,1114,1390,1392,1395,1394,1396,1326,446,1388,1397,1389,1325,1393],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2773"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2787,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2773\/revisions\/2787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepokerpractice.com\/poker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}