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James Caan, the celebrated actor known for his work in “Thief” and “The Godfather” films who passed away on July 6, died from a combination of various heart issues.

According to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, the primary cause of death was a heart attack, followed by coronary artery disease, which he had been diagnosed with three years prior.

The document also noted that the 82-year-old suffered from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure.

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As his family announced via his Twitter account the following morning, Caan died the evening of July 6. The death certificate confirms that he passed at 9:02 p.m. local time, at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was laid to rest at Eden Memorial Park.

Upon the news of his death, the New York-born actor was lauded by Hollywood and...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSMohammad Rasoulof's There Is No Evil (2020).Three prominent Iranian filmmakers have been arrested this week. After the arrests of Mohammad Rasoulof and Mostafa Aleahmad last week, news comes that Jafar Panahi has also been detained (on his birthday) after visiting the prosecutor's office to inquire about his colleagues. "It's shocking that artists are taken into custody because of their peaceful endeavors against violence,” said Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, directors of the Berlinale, in a statement released following the initial arrests and the subsequent call for international support shared by Iranian producers Kaveh Farnam and Farzad Pak.James Caan has died, as announced in a post put out by his family on July 6. Alongside many moving tributes to the actor "best known for his explosive, unpredictable turn as Sonny Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola...

Jerzy Skolimowski’s ’Eo’, Tarik Saleh’s ’Boy From Heaven’ and Arnaud Desplechin’s ’Brother and Sister’ also land on the jury grid.

James Gray’s Armageddon Time has taken the early lead on Screen’s Cannes jury grid with an average of 2.8 (with one score incoming), whilst the first scores for Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo, Tarik Saleh’s Boy From Heaven and Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother And Sister are also in.

Period drama Armageddon Time, which stars Jeremy Strong, Anthony Hopkins and Anne Hathaway, received fours (excellent) from Le Monde’s Mathieu Macheret and Time Magazine’s Stephanie Zacharek.

Take a look @ classic movies with 'gambling' as the main story focus including "The Big Town", "The Gambler", "California Split" and "Croupier":

One common trend with gambling in movies is that many of them (with the exception of Martin Scorsese's "Casino"), feature a peripheral mention of gambling, with sequences rarely comprehensive, doing little to impress everyday players.

"The Big Town" (1987), directed by Ben Bolt and Harold Becker, features a variation of the game known as 'heads up craps' where players make side bets between themselves instead of  betting against the house.

Odds of the games were negotiated among the parties involved with the focus getting someone else to agree on 50-50 odds.

The film stars Matt Dillon as a successful craps shooter who moves to Chicago to become a professional player, when craps was popular before the rise of today's casino games played online. 

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Being a successful gambler, especially in poker, requires a certain amount of acting skill. Maintaining a calm and rational demeanor no matter if you are on a hot streak or a dry spell (and, of course maintaining a stonewall poker face) is key to making the hobby a lucrative one.

As hard as that is to do in real life, we admire those talented actors that are able to do it in front of a camera and film crew. Below is our list of the best casino, poker, and gambling movie actors.

5) Edward Norton

While Matt Damon has appeared in a few gambling-related movies, and John Malkovich’s role as Teddy Kgb makes Rounders the most quoted gambling movie out there, for us it’s Edward Norton’s role in the 1998 poker drama that carries the film for us.

The cocky and slick Worm introduced the ‘mechanic’s grip’ and...

In the decades since its premiere, The French Lieutenant’s Woman is now most commonly discussed for its placement in the extensive awards resume of its star Meryl Streep, since it was her follow-up to her Best Supporting Actress win for 1979’s Kramer vs. Kramer and would serve as netting her first nomination in a leading category (it’s also interesting to note Streep won the Golden Globe but ultimately, perhaps ironically, lost to Katharine Hepburn, the iconic performer who previously held the most nominations record). But at the time of its release, the final product was the result of a decade long ordeal, seeing many auteurs, actors, and screenwriters attempting to adapt the notoriously ‘unfilmable’ 1969 novel by John Fowles, an experiment in form termed “post-modern historical fiction.” Directed by Karel Reisz, the Czech-born British auteur a British New Wave progenitor of the realist strain of filmmaking, it remains one of his most prolific works.

Lots of moviegoers have soft spots for cinematic scuzz. Perhaps it's the inertia felt by some audience members when confronted by modern Hollywood and its sea of green-screen, but many are willing to overlook myriad flaws in exchange for a touch of grime. In the case of casino flicks, there seems to be a paucity of pulpy filth. Where, in the modern gambling movie, is the sweaty desperation of James Caan in The Gambler (1974) or the tobacco-drenched intensity of The Cincinnati Kid? The spotlessness of the Monte Carlo poker tournament in Casino Royale (2006) seems to have set the benchmark in recent years and there's the potential that it will be a fair while before grunge manages to find its way back into the casino picture.

Paramount Pictures has unveiled both the official one-sheet and red-band trailer for Rupert Wyatt's "The Gambler" starring a very lean Mark Wahlberg. William Monahan penned the script for the film which also stars Brie Larson and Jessica Lange.

A remake of the James Caan-led 1974 film, Wahlberg plays a college professor with a gambling addiction that leads him to lay his own life on the line as collateral against a loan from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams). The move brings him to the attention of a loan shark (John Goodman).

"The Gambler" will open in limited release on December 19th.

Mark Wahlberg plays a literature professor whose gambling addiction gets him way more than he bargained for when he gets mixed up with a bunch of mobsters. That's the set up for The Gambler -- a remake of the 1974 film starring James Caan -- and the first foul-mouthed trailer has arrived online just in time to remind you how much you love John Goodman when he gets his hands on a nice, juicy role.  Warning: The following trailer is Nsfw and contains foul language. Directed by Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and starring Wahlberg, Goodman, Jessica Lange and Brie Larson, The Gambler looks like a shiny piece of badass -- sort of how you feel sitting in front of a bunch of casino chips, just waiting to risk 'em all because... f**k it.  Wahlberg...

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Last year Mark Wahlberg was on a roll. He showed he hadn’t lost any of his comedic chops from I Heart Huckabees in his comically sincere work in Pain & Gain and he delivered a refreshingly unshowy performance in Lone Survivor. What followed those two performances, which displayed what a wide-range he has, was Transformers: Age of Extinction, where Wahlberg played a Texan with a slippery Boston accent. After recently trying to revisit that film — which I gave up on 20 minutes into its 20 hour hour running time — it became noticeably clear that, strangely, Wahlberg isn’t really an action star. He undoubtably has the presence for those roles, but when you look at his track record in the genre — Max Payne, Planet of the Apes, and more — he never delivers the caliber of performances we know he’s capable of. Of course that kind of material generally doesn’t offer the juiciest of characters, but...

Doesn't it seem like Mark Wahlberg should have already made a gambling movie? He's made a smuggling movie, for Pete's sake. But no! The Gambler is the first gambling movie of Wahlberg's 20-year career as a film actor. How is that possible? Anyway, the film is a remake of a 1974 James Caan film. Wahlberg plays an English professor who, as you might expect, has a little bit of a gambling problem.

Did seeing Mark Wahlberg as a (pretty lame ass) inventor running around with robots and his over sexualized underage daughter in Transformers: Age of Extinction leave a bad taste in your mouth? You can either cleanse that palette by grabbing a bite at Wahlburgers, or you can watch this intense teaser trailer for the actor’s new film The Gambler. The red band teaser sets up a really promising, high-stakes drama. Director Rupert Wyatt looks to have done an amazing job on his first feature since walking away from the Planet of the Apes franchise he successfully rebooted with Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Paramount Pictures is placing their bets on this new film, and hoping to walk away with some Oscars. They’ve got some pretty good odds too. The script for the remake of the 1974 James Caan film comes from screenwriter William Monahan, who took home...

Mark Wahlberg has a few Nsfw words for John Goodman in Paramount’s first reveal of The Gambler, the remake of the 1974 drama that nabbed James Caan a Golden Globe nomination and jumpstarted screenwriter James Toback’s career. Given his reaction a few years back when the remake was announced, Toback might share the sentiment. This Gambler stars Wahlberg as a college professor struggling with a crippling gambling addiction, with Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael K. Williams and Jessica Lange rounding out the cast.

Related: James Toback On ‘The Gambler’ Remake: “Not Possible… Rudeness And Disrespect”

The Gambler begins its awards run next month by opening AFI Fest before hitting theaters on December 19. Oscar nominated twice, for his supporting turn in The Departed and for producing The Fighter, Wahlberg is gunning for Best Actor in the starring role originally inspired by Toback’s own experiences. Rupert Wyatt directs from a William Monahan adapted script,...

John Goodman has some words for Mark Wahlberg in the teaser for their upcoming film The Gambler, and since it's a red-band teaser, it's probably evident that the words aren't exactly pretty. (Get ready for a lot of "f-k yous" to be uttered.) "The wise man's life is based around 'f-k you,'" Goodman counsels. Wahlberg stars in Rupert Wyatt's remake of the 1974 James Caan movie, as an English professor, who has a taste for, well, gambling. He's surrounded in the film by some top-notch actors outside of Goodman, including Jessica Lange, Brie Larson, and Michael K. Williams. Wahlberg...

Karel Reisz’s 1974 drama “The Gambler,” an autobiographical drama by James Toback, is a slow burn portrait of addiction. Every little bit literature professor Axel Freed (James Caan) makes on the Blackjack table, he sinks a few steps lower until he drowns in his melancholy reality. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” director Rupert Wyatt’s remake, swinging into the Oscar race at the tail end of the year, has a bit more bounce, channeling the Scorsese crime drama spirit with Mark Wahlberg as its troubled keystone. A totally different movie — and an intriguing departure (with plenty of cussin’ so you know it means business). The red-band trailer is murky the film’s connections to the original. Axel is now Jim Bennett, Los Angeles swaps in for New York, he still has a mom (Jessica Lange), but maybe John Goodman, lighting the screen on fire as a mob-ish boss,...

Warning: This trailer is red-band and as such is Nsfw. With the fall comes a slew of movies that are gearing for Oscar gold. Then as we move into the winter, a slate of big, flashy blockbusters pile up, demanding our attention. So how do you cut through all this clamor when you're a mid-level thriller about a professor with a gambling addiction? You unleash a trailer like The Gambler's, full of camp appeal and f-bombs, lazily chucked by the always awesome John Goodman. A remake of the 1974 James Caan vehicle, The Gambler stars Mark Wahlberg, who has shaved off about 60 pounds since he played the conniving bodybuilder in Michael Bay's Pain & Gain. Without the weight, the dude looks haggard, fitting as he's playing a literature professor who gets on the wrong side of some serious gangsters when his gambling debts stack up. Bringing some assurance of madness...

The first trailer for Rupert Wyatt’s The Gambler shows a different side of Mark Wahlberg — one that’s leaner and more desperate than the one on display in his last film, Transformers: Age of Extinction. (One that’s also more given to profanity, so consider the trailer Nsfw.) In this remake of the 1974 original, which starred James Caan, Wahlberg plays Jim Bennett, a college professor with a gambling addiction that leads him to lay his own life on the line as collateral against a loan from a gangster played by The Wire’s Michael Kenneth Williams — a move that brings

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Director Rupert Wyatt’s long-awaited follow-up to 2011′s Rise of the Planet of the Apes is The Gambler, written by William Monahan (The Departed) and based on the 1974 James Toback-scripted film of the same name. Taking on the original’s James Caan part is Mark Wahlberg, playing a literature professor who runs afoul of gangsters thanks to, you guessed it, his gambling problems.

An expletive-heavy red band teaser for the film has been released, which shows off glimpses of the film’s stacked supporting cast, which includes Jessica Lange, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Michael K. Williams, George Kennedy, Leland Orser, Domenick Lombardozzi, Sonya Walger, and Richard Schiff. The Gambler will receive a limited December 2014 run for awards season purposes, but will expand to wide release in North America on New Year’s Day 2015. Check out the ‘fuck’-filled teaser below. Also, fuck you.

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Sporting an air of clammy tension and an Elmore Leonard-y vibe, crime drama The Gambler wants your attention for a couple of minutes. It has a new trailer that Empire is pleased to debut. Click below to watch it in full.Rupert ‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Wyatt’s latest is a return to the jittery thrills of The Escapist. It draws a bead on literary professor Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), whose weakness for the cards tables lands him in deep with all kinds of people you really don’t want to be in deep with. As gangsters and John Goodman's loan shark circle, and his girlfriend and family wonder how to tackle the crisis, Bennett looks likely to resort to extreme measures. The Departed’s William Monahan turned out the script, which reworked James Toback’s version for the James Caan-starring 1974 original. “This is...

Hollywood’s approach to remakes is obviously leaves a lot to be desired. Studios usually remake or reboot whatever was a success decades ago, or in the case of the “Amazing Spider-Man” series, “hey, it worked before five years ago, maybe it’ll work now?” That’s the dartboard approach to moviemaking in Thistledown, and you can argue all you want, but the proof is right there up on the screen each year. What feels like a major missed opportunity? Think of every movie that was announced over the years with a super enticing set-up that didn’t pan out for whatever reason. Those are the movies Hollywood should really remake: movies with excellent scripts or ideas that weren’t properly executed for any number of reasons. There’s plenty of films out there that sounded like good ideas on paper, and perhaps with the right filmmaker they could be amazing.

The first trailer for Mark Whalberg's The Gambler has debuted.

The crime drama, a remake of James Caan's 1974 film, sees the Transformers star take on the role of a professor with gambling problems who runs into trouble with the mob.

Wahlberg reportedly lost 61lbs to play Jim Bennett, living off a diet of liquid fruit and vegetables.

Jessica Lange, Brie Larson, Michael Kenneth Williams and John Goodman feature in the supporting cast for the film, which is directed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes's Rupert Wyatt.

Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan is behind the script for the remake. The original was penned by James Toback and directed by Karel Reisz.

The Gambler will open in the Us on December 19 and May 1 in the UK.

Put on your headphones before checking out this trailer for "The Gambler," because it's got a red band for a reason.

This remake of the 1974 crime classic stars Mark Wahlberg as a college professor with a bad gambling habit. (Hey, you've gotta pay off those school loans somehow - those degrees don't come cheap.) In this trailer, Jim is getting a stern dressing down from a loan shark played by John Goodman. The crux of this advice is to get rich enough to be able to say "F**k you" to anyone who wants you to do something you don't want to do. Which is sort of the American dream, right?

This proves to be some shady advice from the looks of what happens to Jim throughout the trailer. Plus, he's got to keep all of this secret from his mom (Jessica Lange) and his girlfriend (Brie Larson).

The original movie stars James Caan,...

Paramount Pictures’ Mark Wahlberg crime thriller will receive its world premiere on November 10.

Rupert Wyatt directed The Gambler from a screenplay by William Monahan about an English professor whose high-stakes gambling habit lands him in trouble with gangsters.

Wahlberg stars alongside John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael Kenneth Williams and Jessica Lange and also produced the film alongside Stephen Levinson, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff and David Winkler. Paramount will release The Gambler on December 19 in the Us.

As previously announced, the world premiere of J C Chandor’s A Most Violent Year and a screening of Foxcatcher bookend the AFI Fest, while Sophia Loren is the subject of a tribute.

The festival is set to run in Hollywood from November 6-13.

We've been pretty much telling you for some time that Rupert Wyatt's remake of "The Gambler" would be one of the few premieres at this year's AFI Fest (along with J.C. Chandor's "A Most Violent Year"). Well, now it's official. The film will make its debut at the Dolby Theatre on Monday, Nov. 10, just over a month ahead of Paramount's planned Dec. 19 release. Can Mark Wahlberg crack a super competitive Best Actor lineup? It's going to be tough. Even the original film couldn't make headway with Oscar voters, settling for a Best Actor in a Drama nod for James Caan. But I also hear John Goodman -- who is bald in the film, if you can picture that (we've never quite seen him like this) -- might be someone to look out for in a nebulous Best Supporting Actor race. Previously announced, Chandor's film will open the fest...

Mark Wahlberg‘s “The Gambler” will have its world premiere at the AFI Fest on Nov. 10. The Paramount film, directed by Rupert Wyatt and written by Oscar-winner William Monahan, follows a high-stakes gambler who bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his life as collateral. He plays both sides by immersing himself in an underground world. Also read: John Goodman Joins Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson in ‘The Gambler’ (Exclusive) The film was produced by Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff and David Winkler. It also stars John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael Kenneth Williams and Jessica Lange.

"The Gambler," Brit director Rupert Wyatt's follow-up to smart blockbuster "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," will come out of the woodwork for an AFI Fest gala premiere at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, home of the Oscars, on November 10. Written by William Monahan ("The Departed"), this remake of Karel Reisz' 1974 thriller follows Jim Bennett (Mark Wahlberg, stepping into James Caan's shoes), an English professor and high-stakes gambler who borrows from a gangster (Michael Kenneth Williams) and hands over his own life as collateral. As he enters an illicit underground world (what else is new?), Bennett juggles his wealthy mother (Jessica Lange), a loan shark (John Goodman) and a relationship with a student (Brie Larson). The film is produced by Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Irwin Winkler, Robert Chartoff and David Winkler. With a limited window to promote the film as he shoots "Ted 2," Wahlberg is happy to return to AFI Fest (November.

The remake of The Gambler, directed by Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) was controversial early on, as original screenwriter James Toback was frankly critical of the idea of remaking the film he had based largely on his own experiences. But the team soldiered on with the new film regardless, and in […]

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After dodging giant robots and running around a lot for Michael Bay in Transformers: Age Of Extinction, Mark Wahlberg’s spent time since dealing with something a little more down to Earth in Rupert Wyatt’s new film The Gambler. The first images are now online. The Gambler follows a literature professor whose gaming addiction lands him in trouble with his girlfriend, his family and some nasty gangsters. The Departed’s William Monahan wrote the new iteration of the script, which was penned for the original 1974 version by James Toback."This is a man who has everything – wealth, looks, education," Wyatt tells USA Today. "But he's trapped in a gilded cage of privilege. He sets out on this journey to rid himself of all material possessions – to blow it all up – a quest to strip himself to get back to zero."For Wahlberg, the biggest challenge was not the weight...

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Paramount Pictures has announced a December 19th Oscar-qualifying limited opening ahead of a New Year's Day wide release for the Mark Wahlberg-led, Rupert Wyatt-directed remake of the 1974 James Caan film "The Gambler".

Wahlberg plays a college professor sees his gambling addiction spiral out of control. James Toback based the script on his own experiences while teaching in New York City. Jessica Lange, Michael K. Williams and Brie Larson also star. [Source: Variety]

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Roy Andersson's metaphysical trilogy capper "A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence" has won the prestigious Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award.

We hate to say it, but with certain Hollywood gossip mongers otherwise indisposed at the moment... toldja? A few days ago, we were discussing potential dark horses for the Oscar race, and one of the films we particularly highlighted was "The Gambler," Rupert Wyatt's remake of James Toback's 1974 James Caan vehicle about a college professor with the titular addiction. Penned by Academy Award-winning "The Departed" scribe William Monahan, it now stars Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Jessica Lange and John Goodman. The film was, heretofore, absent from the festival circuit and without a release date, but Paramount has just made their intentions known, announcing via Variety that the film will compete in the awards season this year, opening in limited release on December 19th, before expanding wider on New Year's Day, a similar pattern to the one that Wahlberg's "Lone Survivor" took last year. That film didn't ultimately do...

I guess it was news that "The Gambler" was getting a limited release in December to qualify for awards. This has been in the cards for a while now. Maybe it was all about settling on a date (or even some soul-searching at Paramount, which will be releasing a bunch of movies over a six-month stretch). The date: Dec. 16. The film is a remake of the 1974 James Caan drama with Mark Wahlberg in the lead. Wahlberg is pretty important to the studio as of late, anchoring the billion-dollar blockbuster "Transformers: Age of Extinction" and whatnot. He dropped a significant amount of weight for the role and could certainly become part of an already over-stuffed Best Actor converstion. But the way I hear it, John Goodman is someone to at least pay attention to in supporting, too. So take all that for what it's worth in early September. The film was...

The Horror, the Horror!

Why isn’t there a quality, poker-themed horror movie? The title, "Poker Night: Dead Man's Hand," is a bit campy, but so are many horror movies. Imagine eight college grads uniting on a remote island for a night of boozing and strip poker. The plot writes itself. One by one, the clothing layers are removed and one by one, the players get lured from the table and slaughtered in a most grizzly fashion.

At the end, there is only one person left, and she (it has to be a she) is forced to play our killer in a poker game to the death. All you can see is the killer’s eyes behind a Yoda mask (or any other mask that terrifies you), as he deals the cards on the blood-soaked table. The girl shivers, forced to face her fears while playing the most important game of her life.

Mark Wahlberg was spotted filming director Rupert Wyatt's The Gambler in downtown Los Angeles yesterday, February 3rd. The film is a remake of the 1974 movie starring James Caan as an English professor with a gambling addiction. In the original, Caan's character falls into debt to the mob for $40,000 but seems to relish the thrill of gambling against the long shot. As a professor of literature at a New York University, he is in over his head, until his mother gives him some money which he quickly tries to increase in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the odds never allow him to win or fully recover, so his future is in the mob's hands. Brie Larson, Leland Orser, Jessica Lange, John Goodman, Emory Cohen and Michael Williams (also pictured) co-star in the Paramount release.

Adding John Goodman to any movie is a way to better pique our interest. So a tip of the hat to Paramount, which has added the consummate character actor who recently stole scenes in the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis to their growing ensemble for the remake of The Gambler. Based on the 1974 crime drama that starred James Caan, Paul Sorvino and Lauren Hutton, The Gambler is being retooled for modern audiences with a cast that already includes Lone Survivor's Mark Wahlberg, Short Term 12's Brie Larson, American Horror Story's Jessica Lange, Boardwalk Empire's Michael K. Williams, and Travis Tope, who will be seen in Jason Reitman's Men, Women & Children, which is currently in production. The original was based on the true-life traumas of its screenwriter James Toback, centering on a literature professor whose addiction to gambling puts his personal relationships at risk while mixing...

John Goodman has been cast in Rupert Wyatt's The Gambler.

The actor will star alongside Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson and Jessica Lange in the remake of the 1974 drama, reports The Wrap.

Wahlberg will star as a literature professor with a gambling addiction that gets him into trouble with his girlfriend, his mother (Lange) and some gangsters including a loan shark (Goodman).

Director Karel Reisz's original film starred James Caan.

Michael K Williams and Travis Tope will also feature in the film.

Goodman most recently starred in the Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis.

The Gambler is planned for release in 2015.

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• John Goodman (Inside Llewyn Davis) has reportedly joined the cast of The Gambler. The veteran actor joins Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, and Jessica Lange in the Rupert Wyatt-directed remake of the 1974 James Caan pic that was loosely inspired by a Dostoyevsky novella. William Monahan, who won an Oscar for The Departed, wrote the script. According to the report, Goodman will play a loan shark in the film which likely won’t hit theaters till 2015. In addition to his role in the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, Goodman can be seen next in George Clooney’s The Monuments Men, out Feb.

Fresh off a spirited turn in “Inside Llewyn Davis,” John Goodman has joined the cast of “The Gambler,” Paramount’s upcoming remake of the 1974 drama, TheWrap has learned. Paramount had no comment. Mark Wahlberg plays the title character in the film, which is being directed by Rupert Wyatt (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”). Karel Reisz directed the original film, which starred James Caan as a a literature professor whose gambling addiction lands him in hot water with his girlfriend, his mother and some unsavory gangsters. Also read: Mark Wahlberg, Rupert Wyatt Circling ‘The Gambler’ Remake at Paramount Brie Larson,...

Director Rupert Wyatt's The Gambler has added John Goodman to its cast. TheWrap reports that the Inside Llewyn Davis star will join Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, Leland Orser and Jessica Lange for the Paramount Pictures production. A remake of the 1974 film of the same name, the original stars James Caan as an English professor with a gambling addiction. In the original, Caan's character falls into debt to the mob for $40,000 but seems to relish the thrill of gambling against the long shot. As a professor of literature at a New York University, he is in over his head, until his mother gives him some money which he quickly tries to increase in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the odds never allow him to win or fully recover, so his future is in the mob's hands. Goodman recently lent...

With Santa Claus just hours away from leaving presents under the tree around the world, a handful of actors and actresses got some gifts early from their agents in Hollywood... Jessica Lange will take a break from freaking people on "American Horror Story" to take a role in "The Gambler" starring Mark Wahlberg, the remake of Karel Reisz's 1974 drama. Rupert Wyatt will direct the film about "a college professor whose gambling addiction takes over his life even after his debts lead to some nasty new friends." Lange will play Wahlberg's rich mom, with Brie Larson also on board in a co-starring role, with a script penned by William Monahan. [Deadline] There's always room for one more. Already boasting a huge ensemble that includes Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Oscar Nunez, Antonio Banderas, Kate Del Castillo, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mario Casas, Juan Pablo Raba, Tenoch Huerta, Jacob Vargas, Marco Trevino and Alejandro Goic,...

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Jessica Lange has signed on to star in upcoming film The Gambler.

The American Horror Story actress will play the mother of actor Mark Wahlberg's character in the movie, according to Deadline.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt will oversee the production, based on a 1974 film starring James Caan.

The Gambler will tell the story of a college professor suffering from an addiction to gambling, who eventually steals money from his own mother.

Lange recently revealed plans to leave American Horror Story after its fourth season.

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After lighting up the small screen on three seasons of FX’s freaky horror anthology series American Horror Story, acclaimed actress Jessica Lange has landed a supporting role in a remake of the 1974 James Caan-starring drama The Gambler. The film, which is also set to star Mark Wahlberg and Brie Larson, centers on a NYC English professor (Wahlberg) with a severe gambling addiction who gets in deep with villainous gangsters and ends up on the run. Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will helm the remake, working from a script by The Departed writer William Monahan.

Lange will play the protagonist’s mother, a character described by Deadline as “rich and ostentatious.” It’s always a blast to see Lange sink her teeth into juicy, glamorous roles, as she’s been doing so excellently of late on American Horror Story, and it looks like The Gambler...

Jessica Lange has signed on to play Mark Wahlberg's put-upon mother in The Gambler, according to Deadline. The movie, directed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes' Rupert Wyatt, is a remake of the 1974 film of the same name, which starred James Caan as a college professor with a gambling addiction so out of control that he steals money from his own mom (played by Jacqueline Brookes). This remake has been kicking around in a few different iterations for what feels like forever, but now it's really happening. Lange and Wahlberg, together at last.

The 1980s were undoubtedly the best years of Jessica Lange.s film career, with five of six Oscar nominations coming then, including her Best Supporting Actress win for 1982.s Tootsie. She has earned a rare cyclical success for her deliciously outlandish roles on FX.s American Horror Story for the last three years, garnering both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. She won.t be returning after the fourth season, allowing a lot more time to get back into features full force, and we can now expect to see her in Paramount.s upcoming remake of Karel Reisz.s 1974 hit The Gambler. This is one of those instances where you know when to hold .em. We can expect this remake to be pretty big, as Lange joins box office champion Mark Whalberg as his mother, according to Deadline. It will be directed by Rupert Wyatt, who rocked the box office...

The Gambler

Jessica Lange ("American Horror Story) will play the rich and ostentatious mother of Mark Wahlberg's in-debt character in Rupert Wyatt's remake of the 1974 James Caan-led "The Gambler" at Paramount Pictures.

Wahlberg will play the role of a college professor whose gambling addiction takes over his life even after his debts lead to some nasty new friends. Brie Lawson also stars. [Source: Deadline]

Suffragette

Helena Bonham Carter is in talks to co-star with Carey Mulligan in Sarah Gavron's period piece "Suffragette" for Pathe Films and Film4. Faye Ward and Alison Owen will produce.

Based on true events, the story revolves around the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement: women who were forced underground in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. [Source: Variety]

The Diabolical

Ali Larter ("Final Destination," "Heroes") has scored the lead in Alistair Legrand's horror tale "The Diabolical" at Preferred Film & TV.

"American Horror Story" star Jessica Lange has signed on for the remake of "The Gambler" where she'll play Mark Wahlberg's mother in the Rupert Wyatt-directed film, reports Deadline. Wahlberg plays the part James Caan did in the 1974 film which tells of a gambling-addicted college professor who falls into debt with some bad characters. Brie Lawson also stars in the film scripted by William Monahan. Lange landed SAG Award as well as Golden Globe nominations for her work in the excellent "American Horror Story" from FX. Lange is up next in Charlie Stratton's "In Secret" crime thriller alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton...

"American Horror Story" star Jessica Lange has signed on for the remake of "The Gambler" where she'll play Mark Wahlberg's mother in the Rupert Wyatt-directed film, reports Deadline. Wahlberg plays the part James Caan did in the 1974 film which tells of a gambling-addicted college professor who falls into debt with some bad characters. Brie Lawson also stars in the film scripted by William Monahan. Lange landed SAG Award as well as Golden Globe nominations for her work in the excellent "American Horror Story" from FX. Lange is up next in Charlie Stratton's "In Secret" crime thriller alongside Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton...

Director Rupert Wyatt's The Gambler at Paramount Pictures has gained Jessica Lange ("American Horror Story"), reports Deadline . She joins a cast that already includes Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson and Leland Orser. The Gambler is a remake of the 1974 movie starring James Caan as an English professor with a gambling addiction. In the original, Caan's character falls into debt to the mob for $40,000 but seems to relish the thrill of gambling against the long shot. As a professor of literature at a New York University, he is in over his head, until his mother gives him some money which he quickly tries to increase in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, the odds never allow him to win or fully recover, so his future is in the mob's hands. Lange will play the mother of Wahlberg's...

It sounds like the makings of a bad joke. A renowned filmmaker (James Toback) and a famous actor (Alec Baldwin) walk into a film festival with an idea under their arm… In reality, it’s a film (though, it’s by all rights a documentary, just don’t tell this to the director). The HBO movie “Seduced & Abandoned” features James Toback—writer of “The Gambler” and “Bugsy” director of “Fingers,” “Two Girls & A Guy” and the doc “Tyson”—and Alec Baldwin, and follows them to the Cannes Film Festival (Baldwin’s first time ever) with the idea of pitching and selling their latest film ideas to financiers at the fest. The project they're selling is called “Last Tango In Tikrit,” a would-be erotic thriller set in the heart of the Iraq War with two politically-opposed journalists in the heat of it all (Neve Campbell, who starred in Toback’s 2004 film...

Brie Larson ("21 Jump Street," "Don Jon") is in negotiations to star as the female lead opposite Mark Wahlberg in the remake of 1974's "The Gambler" at Paramount Pictures.

James Caan starred in the original as a college professor whose gambling addiction overcomes him even after he gets in big trouble with the wrong guys.

Jessica Lange is also being sought to join the cast of the remake which Rupert Wyatt ("Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes") is set to direct from a script by William Monahan.

Source: EW...