Michael Cera is one of the few Hollywood actors who makes himself scarce enough that we want more of him, not less. And Aaron Sorkin … well … he’s Aaron Sorkin.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two may team for the upcoming Molly’s Game, which will mark the directorial debut of the already legendary Hollywood scribe. The film centers around an ex-skier named Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain) who runs an underground poker game for Hollywood elites, but quickly gets in over her head.
If Cera does sign on, he’ll most likely portray a character named Player X, who gets involved with the game and gets close to Molly herself. Aside from Cera and Chastain, the film also stars Idris Elba in an unspecified role.
While Cera’s comedic chops made him a household name, it looks like he’ll be putting on a straight-er face for this one. Might he be looking to go the “serious actor” route like his Superbad buddy Jonah Hill? We’re just spitballing, but having an Aaron Sorkin film on his résumé would certainly give it a bit more gravitas. Either way, the actor currently has several irons in the fire. He’s set to appear in the upcoming Twin Peaks reboot and will voice Robin in The Lego Batman Movie, which is due in theaters February 10, 2017.
Molly’s Game is based on the book of the same name by Molly Bloom. A release date has not been set for the film, but it’s expected to hit theaters sometime in 2017.
Stay tuned and we’ll keep you updated with casting info and the latest news on the project.
China just gave Hollywood a cautionary tale about AI filmmaking. Sanxingdui: Future Past, billed as the country's first fully AI-generated movie, hit theaters on October 23 and bombed at the box office.
According to Futurism, the film's reported $1.5 million production budget landed on more than 10,000 screens. Yet it pulled in only about $181,000, averaging roughly $20 per screen, making the budget difficult to recover.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?