Jessica Chastain May Star in MOLLY'S GAME, Aaron Sorkin's Directorial Debut

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Oscar-winning writer Aaron Sorkin is set to make his directorial debut with a film called Molly's Game, which is based on a best-selling memoir of Molly Bloom, who put together one of the world's most elite high-stakes poker rings before it all came crashing down. Now it looks like he may have found one of the best actresses working today to play his leading lady: The Wrap reports that Jessica Chastain has been offered the role of Molly in the film.

Chastain understandably has a busy schedule already, but she's apparently working to try to make room for this project, which I think sounds like a great opportunity for her. She's worked with some of the best filmmakers in the world, but love him or hate him, nobody can write like Sorkin, and I think any actor would cherish the chance to deliver his stylized dialogue. If you read the synopsis of the book, it sounds like it could make a hell of a movie:

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.

In the late 2000s, Molly Bloom, a twentysomething petite brunette from Loveland Colorado, ran the highest stakes, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen—she was its mistress, its lion tamer, its agent, and its oxygen. Everyone wanted in, few were invited to play.

Hundreds of millions of dollars were won and lost at her table. Molly’s game became the game for those in the know—celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires. Molly staged her games in palatial suites with beautiful views and exquisite amenities. She flew privately, dined at exclusive restaurants, hobnobbed with the heads of Hollywood studios, was courted by handsome leading men, and was privy to the world’s most delicious gossip, until it all came crashing down around her.