“Rounders 2” to be Made “Instantaneously”

Poker News – Maybe we’ll finally learn if the million-dollar top prize at the World Series of Poker has Mike McDermott’s name on it. According to Deadline Hollywood, The Weinstein Company co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein are once again working with Miramax. The new venture will begin quickly with sequels to Best Picture Oscar winner Shakespeare in Love and poker’s cult-classic Rounders. Harvey Weinstein told Deadline Hollywood the following: “I’ve discussed making a Rounders sequel with Matt Damon and I would say that’s going to be instantaneous.. .The guys [writers David Levien and Brian Koppelman] have a great idea, a way…