Incoming Aaron Sorkin movie based on underground celebrity poker memoirs looking to cast latest member.

Michael Cera is in discussions to accept a role in the upcoming movie based on "Poker Princess" Molly Bloom’s published memoirs of high stakes Hollywood poker games.

Should talks go well, Cera will begin to play the character, an elite celebrity card player known only thus far as Player X, when shooting begins as early as November.

The film, Oscar winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, is being produced by Mark Gordon and has already recruited Jessica Chastain in the lead role, as well as British star Idris Elba as Bloom’s lawyer.

The book Molly’s Game, if you didn’t know already, discloses intimate details of the illegal high stakes poker games arranged by Bloom, that featured a list of celebrity A-listers such as Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon and Tobey Maguire.

The title character could have been Olympic skier who works her way up the social circuit from waitress to poker host of the elite before becoming the subject of FBI intervention in 2013, after which was sentenced to a year’s probation and given a fine of $1,000.

Do you think Cera will be playing the Tobey Maguire role?

Peter Fryers Peter Fryers One part sports betting, one part casino and one part poker, Pete is a journalist and online gaming content writer from the team's UK community. Twitter

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