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.
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When Sorkin chose to end his HBO series The Newsroom after three seasons, he said that this would likely be his last experience with television ever, foreshadowing this move to the director’s chair.
Her book, “Molly’s Game: High Stakes, Hollywood’s Elite, Hotshot Bankers, My Life in the World of Underground Poker”, was published in 2014.
Aaron Sorkin, he of the overwrought dialogue, will make his directorial debut with Molly’s Game.
Sorkin signed on to adapt Molly Bloom’s memoir in late 2014, when the book was first optioned by “Steve Jobs” producer Mark Gordon.
I’m not certain why, but I’ve always sort of assumed that Aaron Sorkin must have directed something during his long career in Hollywood, but apparently that’s not the case.
When Molly Bloom was a little girl growing up in a small Colorado town, she watched her brothers win medals, ace tests, and receive high praise from everyone they met. Molly wanted nothing more than to bask in that glow a little herself, so she pushed herself too – as a student, as an athlete. Molly’s game became the game for those in the know-celebrities, business moguls, and millionaires.
The story centers on Molly Bloom, a political science major who took a year off from law school and wound up operating the most elite, high-stakes poker game in Hollywood for eight years.
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.
Sorkin won an Oscar for writing The Social Network and was nominated, along with Steve Zaillian, for Moneyball.
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Molly’s Game is a behind the scenes look at Molly’s game, the life she created, the life she lost, and what she learned in the process.
