A gem from the 90s, will this film with Matt Damon have a sequel?

Released on January 6, 1999 in our theaters, will “The Players” have a sequel? In any case, this is Matt Damon's wish, who is pushing for a new film to see the light of day.

$22.9 million in revenue in the United States, for a budget of 12. 145,456 spectators in France, where it was released in January 1999. The Gamblers is neither a hit nor a cult film. But it has made a small reputation for itself among poker fans, whose notoriety has continued to grow with the public since the release of this police drama starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Famke Janssen and John Malkovich.

Is this why Matt Damon is pushing for a sequel? “There is a film that we have been talking about for years, that we are trying to make happen – I actually saw Edward Norton a few weeks ago – and that everyone wants to make, it is a second The Gamblers.”he said in an interview with Rich Eisen Show. “So much has happened in the poker world in the last twenty-five years, it would be fun to reunite with these characters.”

But this isn't the first time that the question of a sequel has been raised. In 2013, producer Harvey Weinstein was up for reshuffling the cards and pitting Matt Damon and Edward Norton against Robert De Niro. And it seems that the project was concrete according to the Jason Bourne star: w”(The writers) had a movie ready to shoot, but there has been a huge change in the poker world since then.”

“So much has happened in the poker world in the last 25 years, it would be fun to reunite with these characters”

“I haven't spoken to them about it, but I know what they had ten years ago was fantastic, and I'm sure they could amplify it, ride the wave of the times and update it to make it relevant and make it great.” But he won't say more about the sequel to this film by John Dahl, in which a poker ace relapses after putting the game aside the day he lost all his savings in one night.

It is not yet known whether Matt Damon's wish will be granted. But what is certain is that a sequel, when we are talking about poker, is logical. Let's hope that the writers have some great cards up their sleeve.