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A former WPT champion is writing and producing ‘The Godfather of Poker’ that can chart Doyle Brunson’s profession in the sport.
Deadline has confirmed that the rights for a biopic on the life of Doyle Brunson have been secured by Radar Pictures.
Former poker professional and WPT champion Justin Smith is set to adapt and produce the biography of Brunson right into a biopic with the working title ‘The Godfather of Poker’. Daniel Cates has been named as an government producer.
“There have been many gambling and poker scripts sent to me,” Smith mentioned. “None of them has intrigued me as much as Doyle’s story. There’s no better life story than Doyle’s that I know of. Having played the biggest poker games with Doyle myself, I’m extremely honoured to be in a unique position to be able to help tell his story and capture the environment accurately from an insider perspective.”
There have been heaps of poker works of fiction produced since Rounders performed a task in the poker increase. Doyle Brunson’s life story is no doubt one of the deeper wells to faucet to place poker on the large display screen. The incontrovertible fact that it is a former poker professional in cost of the product would make it probably one of the extra correct representations of the video games on the market.
This will not be the solely Texas Dolly content material coming to our screens in the future. Last 12 months Doyle confirmed {that a} documentary about his life was in the works too.
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