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Screenwriter, filmmaker, and podcaster Brian Koppelman<\/strong> (\u201cOcean\u2019s Thirteen<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cRounders<\/strong>,\u201d \u201cBillions<\/strong>\u201d) is a really open man, and on his The Moment With<\/strong> Brian Koppelman<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>podcast, he does AMAs (ask me something), the place he solutions mailbag questions. But, for some time there, the author\/director\/showrunner used so as to add one thing to the impact of, simply don\u2019t ask me questions on \u201cRounders 2<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Harvey Weinstein Says Matt Damon To Return For \u2018Rounders 2,\u2019 Robert De Niro Eyed For Villain<\/a><\/p>\n The context right here is \u201cRounders<\/strong>\u201d is Koppelman\u2019s 1998 poker film he co-wrote with artistic companion David Levien<\/strong> and directed by John Dahl. <\/strong>Starring Matt Damon<\/strong> and Ed Norton,<\/strong> the movie was a bomb on the time, however it\u2019s since grown into a giant cult traditional, particularly because the world of poker exploded on tv and on-line. \u201cRounders 2,\u201d a sequel, has been mentioned, seemingly for years, and apparently began to get underneath the author\u2019s pores and skin on social media as a result of it grew to become a sort of working joke that individuals would at all times ask him about it.<\/p>\n Regardless, when Koppelman was on Twitter (he give up in the course of the Elon Musk period, laborious guilty him), he used to often drop hints about \u201cRounder 2\u201d<\/a> being a factor (till the incessant questions appeared to bother after which he dropped it).<\/p>\n So what\u2019s the standing of the film, if something in any respect? Well, nonetheless ongoing, based on Matt Damon<\/strong>. And Ben Affleck<\/strong> could also be concerned too. Both have been on Bill Simmon\u2019s The Ringer<\/a> podcast selling \u201cAir<\/strong>,\u201d the Nike<\/strong> drama that Affleck directed and co-stars in, and options Damon in one of many lead roles. Simmons loves<\/em> \u201cRounders,\u201d so naturally, the sequel got here up.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Rounders,\u2019 that actually reminds me\u2026 actually, I didn\u2019t want to do this on the podcast,\u201d Affleck mentioned, seemingly shying away from discussing one thing that they ultimately talked about barely.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been talking about it for years,\u201d Damon mentioned. \u201cWe\u2019re investigating whether we can do it because it\u2019s so\u2026\u201d after which Simmons reduce him off (argh).<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re investigating,\u201d Affleck confused. What Damon was probably about to say is that \u201cRounders 2\u201d is probably going mired in a variety of rights issues like lots of the Miramax <\/strong>movies of that period (Harvey Weinstein<\/strong> was concerned too, which makes it additional sophisticated and messy most likely).<\/p>\n That\u2019s about so far as they received with particulars, however they did discuss concerning the unique movie at size. \u201cThat movie was a bomb,\u201d Damon mentioned. \u201cThe whole thing it was years later\u20142007, I think it was when it finally went into the black.\u201d<\/p>\n Will \u201cRounders 2\u201d ever occur with Damon, Norton, and perhaps Affleck as a brand new foil? Time will inform, and hold your fingers crossed. In the interim, hearken to the podcast under.<\/p>\n