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SYNOPSIS

MOLLY’S GAME is based on the true story of Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), a young, charismatic

Olympic-hopeful skier who was forced to abandon athletics after a devastating injury. With law school on

hold, Molly takes a summer job that introduces her to a new endeavor requiring similar discipline and

drive: running the world’s most exclusive high-stakes underground poker game. The deep pockets of

Hollywood royalty, sports stars and business titans give her a decade of glitzy, glamourous success, but

Molly attracts the wrong kind of attention when she inadvertently engages members of the Russian mob

at her table. Her streak comes to a grinding halt when she’s arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI

agents wielding automatic weapons. Facing criminal charges, her only ally is her reluctant defense lawyer

(Idris Elba), who discovers that there’s much more to Molly Bloom than the salacious tabloid stories

reveal.

MOLLY’S GAME marks the directorial debut of renowned playwright and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin,

multiple Academy Awardâ nominee, recipient of the Academy Awardâ for Best Adapted Screenplay for

The Social Network, and five-time Emmy®-winner for TV series The West Wing. Among Sorkin’s most

celebrated works are also Academy Award®-nominated military courtroom drama A Few Good Men,

which stars Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise, and Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt.

In addition to Chastain and Elba, the top-tier cast includes Academy Award® winner Kevin Costner

(Draft Day, Dances With Wolves), Michael Cera (Juno, Arrested Development), Jeremy Strong (The Big

Short, The Judge, Lincoln), Bill Camp (Loving, Midnight Special, The Night Of), Chris O’Dowd (Miss

Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Sapphires, Bridesmaids), Brian d’Arcy James (Rebel in the Rye,

Spotlight), and Academy Award®-nominated Graham Greene (Dances With Wolves, The Green Mile).

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THE BEGINNING

Although Bloom’s 2014 memoir ends with her FBI arrest, the story of how MOLLY’S GAME got to the

big screen begins before Bloom even realized her reign was ending. When Bloom was still running a

game at the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan, she met Executive Producer Leopoldo Gout at a party. Gout was

working on his first novel, and Bloom’s story piqued his interest. “ She was an extraordinarily smart

woman in a man’s world, and that’s what really hooked me,” Gout says.

Gout introduced her to his publisher, and Bloom got a book deal, but her arrest put the deal on hold.

When the trial was over, Gout and Bloom shopped the book around Hollywood and though there was a

lot of interest, nothing seemed right until Producer Mark Gordon got a call from Ken Hertz, Molly’s

lawyer, and Pete Micelli, her agent at CAA. “I heard that Aaron was reading the book as well, so I

reached out to Aaron and proposed working on the project together,” Gordon says.

Initially, however, Sorkin had reservations about turning Bloom’s book into a film, mostly because of the

players who had come to her table. She keeps most of the names confidential to protect their private lives,

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yet Sorkin still worried about the implications. “I know some of the people you’ve written about. I’ve

worked with some. Others, I’d like to work with,” Sorkin says. “A couple of them are friends of mine.

And there’s no way I’m going to write a movie that gossips about them or about anybody.”

Today Sorkin is glad Bloom wasn’t taken aback by his attitude in that first meeting and that she continued

to explain more of her story. “Fifteen minutes later, I desperately wanted to write this movie because I

discovered that she paid a high price for taking the same position that was costing me nothing.”

GETTING THE STORY RIGHT

Sorkin’s certainty about the material helped speed up the writing process. “Usually when I sign on to do a

movie, it’s a bit of a blind date. There will be something that interests me, but I have no idea what I’m

going to do, so there are months of climbing the walls until I crack it. With MOLLY’S GAME, in the five

minutes it took me to drive home, I had the whole movie.”

Sorkin found the story he wanted to tell within the details Bloom neglected to include in her book, a

process of discovery reflected in Idris Elba’s character, criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey: “You

finished the book before you got to the good part.” Charlie reads the book and notices some glaring

omissions, such as poker games lasting for days without any mention of drug use, and no discussion of

the Russian mobsters whose involvement led to Bloom’s arrest. Bloom also rarely talks about her family,

particularly her complicated relationship with her father, who was instrumental in pushing her and her

two brothers in athletics and academics.

Sorkin’s understanding of Molly unfolds in much the same way as Charlie’s. She’s been dubbed the

Poker Princess by the tabloids, and Charlie thinks she’s been actively seeking the publicity for her own

gain. “I saw an opportunity to create a character who was asking a lot of the same questions of her that I

was asking,” Sorkin explains. “For example, why was she arrested in the middle of the night by FBI

agents wielding automatic weapons as if she were a dangerous person?” Although Charlie is a fictional

version of her lawyer, Sorkin notes that “Molly did have a criminal defense lawyer, and when she talks

about him, it’s with great respect, reverence and affection. Molly even said he was really the first man

she’d met who was honorable.”

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Although poker drives the plot, the resonance of the story comes from Bloom’s strength, inner character

and ability to beat whatever system she challenges by remaining true to herself. “I saw this as an

emotional story and the kind of story I like to tell, with a quixotic sense of right and wrong.” Her personal

journey, her crucial relationship with her lawyer, and her refusal to give up her former clients are the heart

of the story. “She was holding the winning lottery ticket,” Sorkin says. “She could have been rich and

famous simply by telling the truth, but she wouldn’t do it. I really admire that, and the movie admires

that.”

Pascal says Sorkin’s ability to bring depth to characters elevates MOLLY’S GAME. “Aaron loves heroes

and he finds the beauty in people not everyone sees at first glance,” says Pascal. “It’s a character study,

and no one does it better than Aaron.”

Bloom’s fantastic sense of humor and sky-high IQ also impressed Sorkin, but mostly, he says, “I found

Molly Bloom to be a truly unique movie heroine.” He laughs at the thought that he wanted his daughter to

meet “someone who has pled guilty to a federal crime.” But as Sorkin listened to Bloom, he thought she

represented an extraordinary role model for young women.

Over the next two years, Sorkin heard more of the stories that Bloom had excluded from the book, and

then he spent roughly a year writing the screenplay. He wove in the narrative background, broke away

from a linear chronological structure, and refocused Molly’s story in his script. The movie includes

material from the book, which is incorporated as a character of sorts, but stands as its own story.

And while MOLLY’S GAME is biographical, Sorkin was careful to fictionalize the secondary characters.

“It’s always been important to me that nobody be inclined to play a detective game with the movie and try

to figure out which character is supposed to be which real-life personality. So everyone is a compilation.”

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SORKIN’S

DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

As a playwright and screenwriter, Sorkin has always

enjoyed being close to what he writes throughout the

process, including as showrunner on “The West Wing,”

So, “When I sat down to write MOLLY’S GAME,

directing it was the last thing on my mind,” Sorkin

reflects, adding, “It is the most visual thing that I’ve

written, and that’s not my comfort zone.” But he says he

started leaning toward taking on the challenge of

directing because he “was having a lot of difficulty

describing what was in my head to the studio, to the

producers, to friends, even to Bloom. I was starting every conversation by saying ‘This isn’t the movie

you think it’s going to be.’ But then I couldn’t describe what it was going to be, even though I was seeing

it so clearly in my head.” The producers knew immediately that Sorkin was the perfect person to direct

MOLLY’S GAME. Gordon recalls, “He was so engaged with the project, like in everything he does, and

it really felt like he was ready to direct.” Adds producer Matt Jackson, “It was so personal to Aaron. The

idea that it’s a story about a woman competing in an all-male world was something that spoke to him.”

As much as Sorkin as a director and writer wanted to focus on the underlying emotion in Bloom’s story,

he knew that above all else, the poker scenes had to feel as real as possible. “I did a lot of research on

poker to make sure that the details are right,” he says. “We have terrific professional players as

consultants at every step. Our dealers are professional dealers. Even the extras playing in the games are

professional poker players. You do not have to be a poker fan to enjoy the movie, but poker fans will

appreciate its authenticity.” Through tactile poker scenes, we see Molly as a character learning—but not

playing—the game and honing her ability to manage people.

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In addition to surrounding himself with talent behind the camera, Sorkin was able to attract an all-star cast

that includes Jessica Chastain as Molly Bloom, Idris Elba as Charlie Jaffey, and Kevin Costner as Molly’s

father.

Says Chastain, “It’s wonderful working with a director who’s both a writer and director because it really

is their vision of the story. Aaron’s been friends with Molly for a long time, he knows her very well and

he’s very protective of her story. And I’m not sure that he actually would have ever felt comfortable

handing the screenplay over to another director. I can’t imagine anyone else directing the story.”

Says Elba of working with Sorkin, “I’ve always been a huge fan of Aaron’s writing, both his TV work on

shows like The West Wing and then of course the incredible films he’s written from A Few Good

Men to The Social Network to Moneyball, Jobs—he is truly one of the most prolific and distinguished, if

not the most distinguished, writer of our time. So I really leapt at the chance to work with him, and then

to have this be his directorial debut and be a part of that process was a remarkable opportunity. It was

such a fascinating experience to work with Aaron—he has such a distinct voice and evolved point of

view, and really gives you the space as an actor to find your voice in inhabiting the characters that he

writes.”

CASTING

JESSICA CHASTAIN as Molly Bloom

Casting Molly was not difficult in terms of attracting talent.

“I’m happy to say that the best actresses in town wanted

this part,” Sorkin recalls. “And I have no doubt that they all

would have been wonderful. But I wanted Jessica from the

beginning.” He observes that Jessica, like Molly, “has a sly

and wry sense of humor. Plus, she’s strong without having

to play tough. Usually when people are playing tough, it’s

because they don’t feel they are personally and have to

imitate that quality. But Jessica has it already.”

Pascal agrees with Sorkin, “Jessica is one of the great actors

working in movies today, and we were lucky she felt the

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same way about the movie as we did about her.” Adds Gordon, “We felt that she had the right kind of

moral sensibility, glamour, and strength to pull off this layered, three-dimensional character.”

Chastain says seeing Aaron Sorkin’s name on the screenplay was a big draw for her. “He’s one of our

greatest writers, if not the greatest writer in the American film industry,” she says, adding, “I loved

Molly’s humor, I loved her intelligence, I loved the underdog story—a woman becoming successful in an

industry that is filled with men. And I liked the real Molly Bloom.”

“Jessica came super-prepared; she works like a surgeon,” says Executive Producer Gout. “She created her

own version of Molly and as I watch her on set and call the real Molly on the phone, it’s like there’s a

short circuit in my head! It’s wonderful.”

Of playing opposite Chastain, Elba says “Jessica is a force, but also just an amazing partner in any scene

that you’re in with her, and obviously on this film our characters spend a lot of time in dialogue and sort

of bumping up against each other verbally, so working with someone like Jessica who is so generous and

really shows up was a truly fantastic experience.”

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IDRIS ELBA as Charl ie Jaffey

Sorkin was equally certain about who should play Charlie Jaffey. “Idris is sensational, and again, when

you’re playing strong, smart and funny, it helps that you are those things and don’t have to reach for

them. He also has a great face at rest when he’s listening to Molly; you don’t know what he’s about to say

when she’s done.” The relationship between Molly and Charlie is central, and “You get the sense that

they are both used to being the smartest person in the room. Suddenly they’re in the same room. The back

and forth between them is fun.” Adds Pascal, “If you think of whose hands you would want your life to

be in, it would be Idris Elba. He combines masculinity and vulnerability in a way very few actors can.”

Jackson believes, “Charlie was an advocate and comfort for Molly during a difficult time. Idris provided a

warmth to his performance and was always dignified in his support for her and Idris embodies that.”

Elba says he liked embodying a lawyer who didn’t take anything his client says at face value. “Charlie is

this very polished sort of seen-it-all hotshot lawyer, but I think he’s really intrigued by Molly because

there is so much more complexity to her than how she initially presents. He thinks he has her figured out

the minute she walks in the door and then she really challenges him with her intellect and the strength of

her character and personality and I think that really draws him in.”

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On playing opposite Elba, Chastain says, “It was wonderful to work with him. He’s such an incredible

actor—I loved his work for so long and I could not believe what we did [with the scenes.]”

Gordon adds that Elba could have been considered the unexpected choice based on the original script.

“Effective casting is colorblind. Idris is such an amazing actor and the idea of seeing him and Jessica

work together was exciting and wonderful, so I thought, ‘Let’s do this, and subvert whatever assumptions

that may have existed on who this character should look like.’”

KEVIN COSTNER as Molly’s Father

The duality of the role of Molly’s father is a challenge because he drives Molly hard early in the film then

becomes more sympathetic as the story develops. Sorkin praises Kevin Costner as a great actor who

brings “strength and humor, complexity and a lot of love to a part that involves dancing on a razor’s

edge.” Adds Pascal, “We were so lucky Kevin connected with the material. He made big moments out of

every one of his scenes. The scene at the end with he and Jessica on the bench was the key scene for

making the movie work, and he is fantastic.” Jackson recalls, “Molly has expressed that Kevin Costner

reminds her of her dad but separately Kevin is just an amazing, world class, iconic actor. He brings a

certain level of gravitas and seniority to this role and pulls it off flawlessly.”

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Costner saw his character as “a loving father and a taskmaster who pushed his children to excellence and

probably didn’t know the damage or the pressure that he was laying on Molly.” Costner praises the

layered script of MOLLY’S GAME: “Aaron captures the desperation of people who seem to have it all. I

hope I’ve given him what he needs because I understand and believe in what he’s saying about this

complicated character.” Costner notes that the story isn’t about Molly’s father and that we don’t know the

personal history behind his “need to push his children, but I think we all want our children to succeed

wildly. And some of us do a better job of parenting our children than others. And some of us think that

results are really the measure of a meaningful relationship even though their desires aren’t ours, and their

needs aren’t ours.”

Sorkin respects Costner’s brilliant acting, but also he credits Costner’s generosity with his knowledge as a

director. Sorkin recounts a particular shot that Costner gently made a suggestion to improve. Sorkin

thought, “That’s fantastic. We’ll do that. And I began describing it as Kevin’s shot when I was talking

with the DP. Kevin later said that I didn’t need to credit him; that’s just how movies work.”

Sorkin jokes that he was nervous to work with everyone involved in the production, even “the craft

service people,” because he was sure “they’ve figured out that I don’t know what I’m doing. But directing

a guy who has won an Academy Award® for directing Dances With Wolves is daunting. And he

undaunted it completely. I’ll never forget him for that.”

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THE SUPPORTING PLAYERS

As for supporting cast, Sorkin knows he won the deal. “In the wrong hands, these characters could just be

one-dimensional jerks, but they become multi-dimensional in the hands of actors like Jeremy Strong,

Michael Cera, Bill Camp and Brian d’Arcy James. And boy, I think I spiked the phone the day we got

Chris O’Dowd to play Douglas Downey.” Adds Pascal, “I don’t think you could ask for a better

supporting cast. It was a magnificent script so I’m not surprised people wanted to do the movie and

everyone wanted to work with Aaron.” Jackson agrees, “Given Aaron and his filmography, the people

that he wanted to do the movie with him we never had to go to anyone else besides his first choices.”

Gordon said, “The film is only good as the actors you cast, and we were very fortunate to have

actors of this caliber working in supporting roles. The level of performances you get from these actors

make the movie that much more exciting and moving to watch.”

Sorkin had wanted to work with Michael Cera since Juno and wasn’t disappointed by what he

calls “the opposite of sinister” quality that Cera brought to the part of Player X. “He’s so sweet and apple-

cheeked and such a nice guy that you never believe that he can be a destroyer of lives.” As a movie star,

Player X is the magnet for attracting other players to the game. They want to play with someone famous,

and Player X likes what are called fish—people who aren’t good but have a lot of money to gamble. He

had made a lot of money acting, but it was always Player X’s goal to win more money at poker than he

earned making movies. Cera does play poker and got into some bigger games in preparation for this part.

Supporting character Dean Keith meets Molly when she moves to L.A. and is working in a club

serving cocktails. She takes a job as his assistant—he is a strip-club owner and runs a poker game in the

gritty basement of the Cobra Lounge—and he has her text a list of high-profile names to invite them to

his $10,000 buy-in poker night. Sorkin knew Jeremy Strong from his work in Zero Dark Thirty and The

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Big Short and says he would cast him in anything now. “There’s no such thing as a role that he’s wrong

for,” pointing to the ease with which he plays a poker expert. The first time Strong was on set shuffling

his poker chips, Sorkin explains, “he assumed that Strong had spent plenty of time at a table. He hadn’t;

Strong had prepared thoroughly so he could make it look easy.”

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CREATING MOLLY’S WORLD Because he was a first-time feature film director, Sorkin knew that putting together the right crew would

be key to his success. “Movies are made by a couple of hundred people,” he says, “and if you’re a first-

time director, nothing is more important than those people being the best couple of hundred people that

you can get your hands on.” Sorkin credits his collaborators on MOLLY’S GAME as “nothing less than

co-authors of the film.”

As a writer, Sorkin admits his work “has been wall-to-wall language,” so he relished the opportunity to

explore the visual challenge of MOLLY’S GAME. “What do you look at when Molly in voiceover is

telling us exactly what she’s thinking and feeling? What do you point the camera at when she’s already

describing what we’re looking at?”

The one with the answers to those questions was cinematographer Charlotte Bruus Christensen (Fences,

Girl on the Train). When Sorkin met with her, Christensen had read the script and talked insightfully

about how things should work. “It was like she was reading my mind, but putting it into literal film terms

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that could be articulated to a camera operator,” Sorkin explains. “I loved everything she was saying, and I

don’t see how I could have made the movie without Charlotte. We made it together.”

Christensen understood Sorkin’s vision for the film from the beginning. “Poker is the setting, but we want

a portrait of Molly Bloom,” Christensen says. “It’s about her capacity and her intellect and her ambition.

It’s a big job to make a character real and alive, and I feel that passion in Jessica’s work.”

The film was shot digitally, but Christensen worked with Panavision to find some 1960s anamorphic

lenses that provided the necessary depth of field and softness to the background when using a studio

space. “This movie set against the backdrop of the glamour, the size and the loneliness of the Colorado

mountains, Hollywood and New York City,” Sorkin says.

Sorkin says he was nervous about shooting the film mostly in studios in Toronto, but Christensen’s

camerawork and production design team of David and Sandy Wasco helped allay his concerns.

“Team Wasco,” as Sorkin refers to them, have created the look for projects as diverse as Pulp Fiction and

La La Land, for which they won the 2016 Oscarâ. Wasco says of MOLLY’S GAME, “It's a fantastic

script that presented everything I want when I’m designing a movie. I'm not a poker player, but I was

fascinated by this person and gripped from page one to the end.”

As Wasco describes it, “We quietly help tell Aaron’s story. We help figure out the physical environment

that the actors will work within, and we’re giving them these tools to work with, the props to do their job

and the space to support their roles.”

Structuring the sets entailed a lot of pacing for dialogue. Wasco notes that, “A lot of the set design is

dictated by how much time it takes Molly’s voiceover to start and get her to a certain place. So the

hallways were measured by the beats of Aaron's words. And because we have so many pages of dialogue

that have to happen around poker tables, we had to make each angle of each room visually interesting for

the audience.”

Susan Lyall’s costumes were also key to keeping the film visually interesting and informing where Molly

is in her story. For example, Molly went to her first L.A. poker game in a $30 JC Penney dress but

quickly recognized the importance of beautiful clothes in furthering her career. Ultimately, she prided

herself on never being seen in the same thing twice. Sorkin credits Costume Designer Lyall for guiding

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him past his “lack of fashion sense” and giving him “the vocabulary to say what I don’t have the

vocabulary to say.”

Lyall returns the compliment saying, “Working with America’s greatest writer on his first feature as a

director was really a privilege.” She felt the story lent itself well to the phases and changes in Molly’s

look: “There is the present-day phase in the legal world in which Molly goes to her arraignment,

sentencing and all of her conversations with her attorney. There is her childhood phase and her arrival to

Los Angeles that is the athletic, fresh-faced and innocent Colorado girl. There’s quite a jump in style

when we go to the Cobra Lounge, and then she takes over the Four Seasons game which starts another

very clear phase. Finally, we land in New York with a leap in how much money she’s earning, and the

outfits become more expensive, sophisticated and couture.”

At last count Molly had 90 costumes, so Lyall spent a lot of time with Chastain. “I really can’t recall

collaborating so closely with an actress ever, and in the moment Jessica has pure instinct.” For instance,

after Molly makes a life-changing $3,000 at the first Cobra Lounge game, Lyall says "it was fun to work

it out with Jessica, who is, of course, very attuned to what she thinks the character would do.” Lyall also

worked closely with the hair and makeup departments because knowing how her hair would be done and

how strong her makeup would be impacted her clothing.

Says Chastain, “I really loved working with Susan. Costume, hair, and makeup is very important to me on

every movie I go on, especially [regarding] the arc of a character and where they start in the film

compared to where they end in the film. And with Susan, I wanted to show this woman understanding

that the way to find power in the environment she was in, she had to look a certain way. That men valued

women for their sex rather than their brains and I wanted to show that transformation for Molly.”

Communication between departments is always crucial, but never more than creating consistency in the

looks of MOLLY’S GAME. Lyall says, “The Wascos were generous with keeping me in the loop, and

sometimes I could inform them what Jessica will be wearing in such and such a scene. And then Charlotte

was terrific at letting them know what colors were really strong and would be useful in a particular

scene.”

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POKER LINGO

Add-on – in a tournament you may have the opportunity to add to your chips by buying extra chips after

the first period of play.

All-In – to place all your remaining chips into the pot.

Ante – bet made before the cards are dealt on each hand.

Bad Beat – a hand where you lose to a player against the expected odds.

Bicycle – nickname for a low straight (A-2-3-4-5).

Big Slick – the nickname for when you are dealt Ace-King.

Blind(s) – compulsory bets places before the cards are dealt by the two players sitting to the left of the

dealer.

Bluff – to attempt to steal the pot by representing a hand stronger than the one actually held.

Board – the community cards showing on the table.

Boat – nickname for a full house.

Burn – to discard; the dealer ‘burns’ the top card before dealing the flop, turn and river.

Button – the dealer button which denotes the position of the player in the seat of the dealer.

Buy-In – exchange of cash for chips to sit at a table.

Call – to match the highest bet made to date.

Cash In – to leave the table and exchange your chips for cash.

Check – to make no bet at that stage when no one else has made a bet either. (sometimes indicated in live

games by tapping the table)

Check-Raise – a play where you check at first and then once an opponent bets, to raise him.

Community Cards – the flop, turn and river cards dealt face up in the middle of the table.

Cowboys – nickname for when you are dealt two kings (pocket kings).

Fifth Street – the fifth and final community card (also known as the river).

Final Table – the last table in a tournament when all other players have been eliminated.

Fish – a player who stays in pots hoping to catch the right cards to create a winning hand–but against the

odds.

Flush -five cards of the same suit.

Flush Draw – when you have 4 cards of the same suit and you are hoping that the subsequent card(s) will

produce a fifth card to complete the Flush.

Fold – to throw away, or muck your cards.

Fourth Street – the fourth community card (also known as the turn).

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Heads Up – 1 v 1 play at a table containing only two players.

High Roller – a player who competes for very high stakes.

Hole Cards – the name for the two cards dealt face down to each player and which only the player can

see.

Kicker – card(s) not involved in the formation of a poker combination, but still part of the five-card poker

hand.

Lay Down – to concede or give in your hand.

Limp In – to call the size of the blind without raising it.

Loose – a loose player is likely to play a lot of hands and make a lot of speculative plays.

Muck – to fold or discard your hand and not show your cards to your opponents.

Nuts – the best possible hand.

Outs – cards which will improve your hand to a winning status.

Overcard – higher cards than those showing in the community cards, or higher cards in the community

cards than those in your hand.

Pocket Rockets – when you are dealt two Aces

Position – a player location at the table measured relative to the position of the dealer button.

Pot – the collection of chips which will be awarded to the winner of the hand.

Raise – increase the size of the biggest bet at the table.

Re-buy – in a tournament, when you lose all your chips early on, you may be offered the opportunity to

pay the entry fee again for another set of starting chips.

Re-Raise – when you make a raise when a player has already raised once.

River – the fifth and final community card.

Rock – the term for a player who chooses to play with only the best hands and bets only when he is sure

that he is best.

Rush – a roll or sequence of successful plays.

Satellite – a qualifying event for a big poker tournament.

Second Pair – a pair formed by the second highest card on the board.

Set – 3 of a Kind or ‘Trips’.

Short Stack – when you have less than the average amount of chips.

Short Handed – a poker table containing fewer players than normal.

Showdown – when a bet is called after the river card and all players must show their hand to decide who

wins the pot.

Side Pot – a secondary pot, formed because one player is all-in and cannot bet any more into the pot

contested by the remaining players.

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Slow-Play – to give the impression of weakness or uncertainty by checking or calling bets rather than

raising them.

Straight – five cards in sequence (5-6-7-8-9).

Suited – cards are the same suit.

Tell – an indication, often subconscious or unrecognized by the player himself, by which the other players

may gain an insight into the strength of a player’s hand.

Tilt – usually a sign of frustration or anger, a player may go ‘on tilt’ by playing too many hands of poor

quality and subsequently giving his chips away.

Top Pair – a pair formed by the highest card on the board.

Turn – the fourth community card.

Whale - a gambler or poker player of enormous wealth for him big losses are not

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Presenting MOLLY’S GAME, starring two-time Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe® winner

Jessica Chastain and Golden Globe® and SAG® winner Idris Elba. Academy Award® winner Aaron

Sorkin (The Social Network) directs his own adaptation of Molly Bloom’s memoir of the same name. The

film marks Sorkin’s feature film directorial debut.

Mark Gordon and Matt Jackson produced MOLLY’S GAME with Amy Pascal via her Pascal Pictures

banner. Leopoldo Gout and Stuart Besser served as executive producers. Josh Clay Philips, Lyn

Lucibello-Brancatella and Lauren Lohman co-produced the film, which was shot in Toronto, Los Angeles

and New York during winter 2016/17.

Entertainment One (eOne) and The Mark Gordon Company financed the feature. STXfilms is distributing

the film in the United States, with eOne directly distributing the film in Canada, the UK, Australia/New

Zealand, Benelux and Spain. Sierra/Affinity represents all other international territories outside of the

U.S.

About Entertainment One

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acquisition, production, financing, distribution and sales of entertainment content. The company’s

diversified expertise spans across film, television and music production and sales, family programming,

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by deep local market knowledge, eOne delivers the best content to the world.

Entertainment One’s robust network includes film and television studio The Mark Gordon Company;

content creation venture Amblin Partners with Steven Spielberg; DreamWorks Studios; Participant

Media; Reliance Entertainment; leading feature film production and global sales company Sierra Pictures;

unscripted television production companies Renegade 83, Paperny Entertainment and Force Four

Entertainment; world-class music labels Dualtone Music Group and Last Gang; and award-winning

digital agency Secret Location.

The company’s rights library is exploited across all media formats and includes more than 100,000 hours

of film and television content and approximately 40,000 music tracks.

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About The Mark Gordon Company

The Mark Gordon Company is an independent film and television studio helmed by Mark Gordon, who

has produced more than 100 motion picture and television projects.

Upcoming projects from The Mark Gordon Company’s film division include The Nutcracker and the

Four Realms with Lasse Hallström directing, and starring Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Mackenzie

Foy, and Misty Copeland; and Murder on the Orient Express directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also

stars alongside a celebrated ensemble cast including Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley,

Penélope Cruz and Judy Dench. Past film credits include Saving Private Ryan (which earned Gordon

Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Picture), Steve Jobs, 2012,

The Day After Tomorrow, Speed, Source Code, The Messenger, and The Patriot, among others. As an

executive producer and financier, Gordon’s credits include Tomb Raider, Wonder Boys, The Painted Veil,

A Simple Plan and Primary Colors.

The company is currently in production on several established television series including “Ray Donovan”

(Showtime), "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC), "Criminal Minds" (CBS), and “Quantico” (ABC). The company

also serves as co-studio with ABC Studios on “Designated Survivor” starring Kiefer Sutherland, which

received a second season order at ABC. Past television credits include “Private Practice" (ABC), "Army

Wives" (Lifetime) and “Reaper” (CW).

About Pascal Pictures

Pascal Pictures was established in 2015 and is the film and television production vehicle of Amy Pascal.

In addition to this summer’s smash hit Spider-Man: Homecoming, on which Pascal served as a producer,

the company was also a major force behind the recentGhostbusters relaunch. Pascal Pictures has an

impressive slate of films on the horizon, including: Aaron Sorkin’s feature directorial debut,Molly’s

Game, a film adaptation of Molly Bloom’s underground poker memoir starring Jessica Chastain. The

Post, a film based on the Washington Post’s role in exposing the Pentagon Papers, which will be directed

by Steven Spielberg and star Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks; an animated Spider-Man film to be released

in 2018; an adaptation of the thriller novel Maestra by S.L. Knight; a film adaptation of Noah Hawley’s

novel Before The Fall; a film adaptation of David Lagercrantz’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web which is the

sequel to Stieg Larsson’s successful The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy; the live-action adaptation

of Barbie based on Mattel’s iconic fashion doll; a film adaptation of game designer Zoe Quinn’s

memoir Crash Override: How To Save The Internet From Itself; a reboot of the classic book and

film Little Women; a Cleopatra reboot, based on Stacy Schiff’s best-selling book Cleopatra: A Life.

Pascal Pictures will also be producing for television and its first projects include Darktown which they

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bought with SONY TV and a series about 1960’s and 1970’s LA based on Eve Babitz’s memoirs that

they will produce with TriStar Television.

About STXfi lms

STXfilms is a division of STX Entertainment, a global next-generation media company whose mission is

to unlock the value of the direct connection stars have with their fans through the development, financing,

production, marketing and distribution of film, television, VR, digital video, music and live entertainment

content. It is the industry leader in transforming beyond traditional platform- driven content to creating

talent-driven enterprises.

The company is led by accomplished businessman Robert Simonds and was co- founded by Bill

McGlashan, managing partner of the leading global private investment firm TPG. Other investors include

Hony Capital, a leading private equity firm in China; PCCW, Southeast Asia’s largest Internet and cable

services provider; Tencent Holdings, China’s leading provider of online products and services; Dominic

Ng, Chairman of East West Bank; DNS Capital (representing the business interests of Gigi Pritzker and

her immediate family); and Beau Wrigley, former Chairman and CEO of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company,

among others. With these strategic relationships, the company is uniquely positioned to maximize the

impact of content worldwide, with direct passage into the China market.

For more information, please visit https://stxentertainment.com/

About the Cast

Two-time Academy Award® nominee JESSICA CHASTAIN (Molly Bloom) Jessica has emerged as

one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actresses of her generation. She has received numerous

nominations and accolades for her work from the LA Film Critics, British Academy of Film and TV,

Broadcast Film Critics, HFPA, National Board of Review, Screen Actors Guild, Film Independent and

the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to name a few.

Chastain can be seen in Niki Caro’s adaptation of Diane Ackerman’s novel The Zookeeper’s Wife

opposite Daniel Brühl. Additionally, she can be seen in John Madden’s drama Miss Sloane opposite Mark

Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Alison Pill. She recently received a 2017 Golden Globe® Award

nomination for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama” for her enthralling

performance as a ruthless and highly successful political strategist.

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She recently finished production for Susanna White’s period drama Woman Walks Ahead opposite Sam

Rockwell. Chastain will portray Catherine Weldon, a 19th-century Brooklyn artist and activist who

moved to the Standing Rock Reservation in Dakota Territory to help Sioux chieftain Sitting Bull fight to

keep the land for his people. She has wrapped production for Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John

F. Donovan alongside Natalie Portman, Kit Harington and Nicholas Hoult.

Earlier this year, Chastain starred in Universal’s The Huntsman: Winter’s War alongside Chris

Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt with Cedric Nicolas-Troyan directing. Last year, she

starred in Ridley Scott’s The Martian alongside Matt Damon, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig, Chiwetel

Ejiofor and Kate Mara. The film received a 2016 Academy Award® nomination and won the 2016

Golden Globe® Award for “Best Motion Picture- Comedy or Musical.” She also starred in Guillermo del

Toro’s Crimson Peak opposite Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska.

In addition to her thriving acting career, she recently launched Freckle Films, a new production venture,

and inked a first look overhead deal with Trudie Styler and Celine Rattray’s transatlantic financing-

production banner Maven Pictures. The two companies have already optioned two books: The Magician’s

Lie by Greer Macallister and Camille Pagan’s novel, Life and Other Near-Death Experiences.

This success follows her riveting performance in A24's A Most Violent Year opposite Oscar Isaac, which

proved successful after the film garnered acclaim from many critics including the National Board of

Review Award for “Best Supporting Actress,” a Golden Globe® nomination and Film Independent Spirit

Award nomination. In addition, she produced and starred as the lead in Weinstein’s indie darling The

Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby opposite James McAvoy, starred in Liv Ullmann’s film adaptation of

August Strindberg’s play Miss Julie opposite Colin Farrell, as well as Christopher Nolan’s critically

acclaimed film Interstellar alongside Matthew McConaughey, David Oyelowo and Anne Hathaway.

That same year, she was honored with the first-ever Critics' Choice “MVP Award” in recognition of the

breadth of her accomplishments in 2014. She also received a 2014 MTV Movie Award nomination for

“Best Scared as Sh*t Performance” from her performance in Andres Muschietti’s horror Mama.

Prior, Chastain starred as the lead in Terrence Malick’s Academy Award® nominated drama Tree of Life

opposite Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, Miramax’s The Debt alongside Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington,

Jeff Nichol's Take Shelter opposite Michael Shannon and Weinstein’s Lawless alongside Shia LaBeouf

and Tom Hardy. She also starred in Dreamworks’ Academy Award® nominated adaptation of Kathryn

Stockett’s novel The Help, which won numerous awards in 2011 including Chastain's Oscar nomination

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for “Best Supporting Actress,” Golden Globe® nomination, Screen Actors Guild nomination and Critics'

Choice nomination. The next year, she made her theatrical debut in the revival of “The Heiress.” This

was followed by a leading performance in Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark 30, which earned her the 2013

Critics’ Choice Award and Golden Globe® Award for “Best Actress” in addition to an Academy Award®

nomination.

Golden Globe® and SAG winning actor IDRIS ELBA (Charlie Jaffey) showcases his creative

versatility both on-screen in television and film as well as behind the camera as a producer and director.

He is the first actor to receive dual SAG awards in one evening. He continues to captivate audiences and

secure his position as the one to watch in Hollywood, with a string of well-received performances in high-

profile films as well as multiple critically acclaimed television series.

Prior to his big screen debut, Elba’s career skyrocketed on the small screen in some of UK’s top- rated

shows including “Dangerfield,” “Bramwell” and “Ultraviolet.” In 2000, “Ultraviolet” was purchased by

Fox in the United States, offering Idris a break into the American marketplace. He soon moved to New

York and earned rave reviews for his portrayal of ‘Achilles’ in Sir Peter Hall’s off-Broadway production

of “Troilus and Cressida.” Shortly thereafter he landed a part on the acclaimed television series “Law &

Order.”

Soon after his move to the states, Elba landed the role of ‘Stringer Bell,’ the lieutenant of a Baltimore

drug empire on HBO’s critically acclaimed series “The Wire.” Elba’s portrayal of the complex but deadly

‘Bell’ is arguably one of the most compelling performances in TV history. In 2005, his performance

earned him an NAACP Image Award nomination for “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.”

In 2005 Elba began his film career in such projects as HBO’s “Sometimes in April” (NAACP Image

Award nomination), Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls (BET Award nomination), The Reaping alongside

Hilary Swank, and the horror thriller 28 Weeks Later. In 2007, he starred in Ridley Scott’s Golden

Globe® nominated American Gangster with Denzel Washington, Russel Crowe, Ruby Dee and Josh

Brolin. The cast went on to receive a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Following, he starred in

Guy Ritchie’s RocknRolla with Tom Hardy, opposite Beyonce Knowles in Obsessed (NAACP Image

Award Nomination), The Losers (NAACP Image Award nomination), Legacy (which he also executive

produced), Ghost Rider with Nicolas Cage, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus with Michael Fassbender and

Charlize Theron, Thor with Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth, Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim

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alongside Charlie Hunnam, Charlie Day and Rinko Kikuchi, No Good Deed alongside Taraji P. Henson

(which he also executive produced), The Gunman with Sean Penn and Javier Bardem and 100 Streets.

In 2013, Elba starred as ‘Nelson Mandela’ in The Weinstein Company biopic Mandela: The Long Walk to

Freedom. His performance earned him a Golden Globe® nomination and an NAACP Image Award

nomination. In 2015, Elba was seen in Beasts of No Nation, directed by Cary Fukunaga for Netflix,

which earned him a SAG award, London Evening Standard award and Film Independent Spirit award,

and nominations for a Golden Globe®, BAFTA, and NAACP. In 2016, Elba was seen in Star Trek

Beyond, Zootopia and The Jungle Book.

Elba will next be seen in The Dark Tower, The Mountains Between Us, and Thor: Ragnarok.

Elba returned to television in 2009 when he joined the cast of NBC’s hit television show “The Office” as

Michael Scott’s less than amused boss ‘Charles Minor.’ In 2010, he landed the title role of ‘John Luther’

in the BBC crime drama mini-series “Luther.” Following the first season, Elba was nominated for an

Emmy® for his performance in “Luther” as well as for his guest appearance on Showtime’s “The Big

C.” His performance in the first season of “Luther” earned him an NAACP Image Award, a BET Award,

and a Golden Globe®. In 2012, Elba earned an Emmy® nomination for the second season of

“Luther.” The third installment of the BBC mini-series aired in September 2013. His performance earned

him an Emmy® and Golden Globe® nomination as well as an NAACP Image Award. In 2015, Elba

reprised his role as ‘Luther’ for the two-part final installment of the series, for which he earned a Critics’

Choice Award and nominations for a Golden Globe®, SAG, NAACP and BAFTA TV award. In April

2016, Elba will be seen in the TV mini-series “Guerrilla” for Showtime.

In 2013 Elba made his directorial debut with the teleplay “The Pavement Psychologist” for Sky/Sprout

Pictures as part of Sky's PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS series starring Anna Friel, which Elba also wrote. He

also created, directed and starred in the music video “Lover of Light” by Mumford and Sons which has

received more than 9 million You Tube views to date. In 2014, Elba starred in and produced a two-part

documentary titled “King of Speed” for BBC Two and BBC America with his production company Green

Door Pictures. In 2015, Elba and Green Door Pictures released the documentary Mandela, My Dad and

Me, which follows Elba during the making of his album “mi Mandela.”

In winter 2015, Elba launched his clothing line Idris Elba + Superdry, which combines vintage Americana

styling with Japanese inspired graphics, available in both the UK and US.

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KEVIN COSTNER (Father) began his career starring in independent films, gradually earning small

parts in more established movies. His first major motion picture role was in the coming of age comedy

Fandango.

Throughout his career, Costner has varied his choices with comedy, action and drama roles. He has

appeared in such popular box-office hits as No Way Out, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, The Bodyguard

and Wyatt Earp.

Costner’s exceptional filmmaking abilities were showcased in Dances with Wolves, which he produced,

directed and starred in, and which won seven Academy Awards® including “Best Picture” and “Best

Director.”

In addition to appearing in memorable roles in JFK, The Untouchables and Robin Hood: Prince of

Thieves, he re-teamed with his Bull Durham director Ron Shelton for the hit feature Tin Cup.

Costner also starred in Thirteen Days, successfully collaborating again with his No Way Out director

Roger Donaldson. His other film credits include For Love of the Game, The War, 3,000 Miles to

Graceland, Dragonfly and The Postman, his second directing effort.

Costner last directed the box office hit and critically acclaimed film Open Range, which he also co-starred

in alongside Robert Duvall and Annette Bening.

Costner co-starred with Joan Allen in the dramatic film Upside of Anger, opposite Jennifer Aniston in

Rumor Has It directed by Rob Reiner for Warner Brothers, portrayed a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in

Touchstone Pictures’ action drama The Guardian, and starred in the thriller Mr. Brooks, as well as in

Touchstone Pictures’ political comedy Swing Vote.

Costner also starred in the History Channel’s record-setting mini-series “The Hatfields & McCoys: An

American Vendetta” in which he portrayed Devil ‘Anse Hatfield,’ the patriarch of the famed clan,

opposite Bill Paxton. He also served as a producer of the series, which received sixteen Emmy® Award

nominations, winning Costner the Emmy® for “Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie.” He also received

the Golden Globe® and Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance.

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Most recently Costner portrayed the superhero’s father ‘Jonathan Kent’ in Warner Brothers Superman:

Man of Steel. He co-starred with Chris Pine in Jack Ryan, Paramount Pictures’ revival of the Tom Clancy

franchise. He appeared in the spy thriller Three Days to Kill for Relativity Media, as well as the football

inspired Draft Day, directed by Ivan Reitman, and the track team drama McFarland for Disney. He

produced and co-starred with Octavia Spencer in the drama Black & White. He co-starred with Gary

Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones and Ryan Reynolds in Criminal. And he co-starred with Taraji Henson,

Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monae in Hidden Figures, which received a Screen Actors Guild Award for

“Best Ensemble.”

Costner also produced and co-authored the New York Times bestselling adventure novel The Explorers

Guild.

Costner is currently in production on the 10-episode television series “Yellowstone” for Paramount

Television.

When Costner is not working on films, he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar in his band, Modern

West, and can be seen playing venues across the country. The band recently recorded a collection of

songs from and inspired by “The Hatfields & McCoys.” Featuring the song "These Hills," the album is

entitled Famous for Killing Each Other. The band’s song "The Angels Came Down," from their album

Turn It On, was recently adopted by the Gold Star Moms and Gold Star Wives organizations, which

support the mothers, wives and families of fallen soldiers.

MICHAEL CERA’S (Player X) work includes the role of ‘George-Michael Bluth’ in the Emmy®

Award winning Fox series “Arrested Development,” as well as lead roles in the feature blockbusters

Superbad and Juno. Other film roles include Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Youth in Revolt, Scott

Pilgrim vs. the World, and comedy hit This is the End. Most recently, Cera can be heard in animated

blockbusters Sausage Party and Lego Batman.

Cera made his Broadway debut in Kenneth Lonergan’s award-winning play This is Our Youth following a

sold-out and critically acclaimed run at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater.

JEREMY STRONG (Dean Keith) has worked with many of the greatest filmmakers, actors and

writers at the highest level of film and theater. His body of work is a collection of indelible, unrecognized

roles.

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Most recently, Strong was seen in this summer’s Detroit, a compelling story about the largest race riots in

United Sates history, directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Furthermore, he was also seen in the Paramount/

Plan B feature The Big Short directed by Adam McKay, starring alongside Brad Pitt, Christian Bale,

Ryan Gosling, and Steve Carell.

Strong starred opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall in the Warner Bros’ feature film The

Judge directed by David Dobkin, in the Oscar-nominated civil rights drama Selma directed by Ava

DuVernay, and in Oren Moverman’s Time Out of Mind opposite Richard Gere.

Other recent works include the 11 Oscar-nominated film Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg, in

which Strong co-starred alongside Daniel Day Lewis as the President’s secretary ‘John Nicolay’

(Dreamworks) and the 5 Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty directed by Kathryn Bigelow

(Sony). He played ‘Lee Harvey Oswald’ in Peter Landesman’s acclaimed Kennedy assassination

drama Parkland (Playtone). He co-starred in Oscar-winning writer/director Frank Darabont’s TNT

series “Mob City.” He appeared in Oren Moverman’s The Messenger, M. Night Shyamalan’s The

Happening, had the leading role in Humboldt County and has co-starred in numerous independent films

at Sundance.

Upcoming, Strong will star in HBO’s TV movie, “Succession,” and director Steven Knight’s thriller

Serenity.

Strong made his Broadway debut opposite Oscar nominee and Tony winner Frank Langella in “A Man

for All Seasons” (Rounabout) directed by the renowned Doug Hughes. He most recently starred to rave

reviews in Amy Herog’s “The Great God Pan” (Playwrights Horizons) and in Richard Nelson’s world

premiere translation of Turgenev’s “A Month in the Country” (Williamstown). He also played the title

role in Sam Golds production of “The Coward” (Lincoln Center). Other theater works includes leading

roles in Adam Rapp’s acclaimed “Hallway Trilogy” (Rattlestick), Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa

Rebeck’s play “Our House) (Playwrights Horizons), and in David Ive’s “New Jerusalem” (CSC). He

appeared in Richard Nelson’s “Conversations in Tusculum” (The Public) opposite Favid Strathairn, in

Oscar and Pulitzer prize winning Joh Patrick Shanley’s “Defiance” (MTC), and “Franks Home”

(Playwrights Horizons) directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls. Strong has been hailed as “The

Excellent Jeremy Strong” by Ben Brantley of The New York Times.

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Strong has been a recipient of the prestigious Lincoln Center Theater Annenberg Fellowship for “an artist

of extraordinary talent.” He trained at Yale, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and

Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater Company.

Strong currently resides in Los Angeles.

CHRIS O’DOWD (Douglas Downey) is a Tony Award nominated actor who has built an

international reputation as a versatile film and television actor.

O’Dowd currently stars opposite Ray Romano in the new EPIX series “Get Shorty,” based on Elmore

Leonard’s novel of the same name. His character, Miles Daly, tries to become a movie producer in

Hollywood as a means to leave his criminal past behind and win back his recently-estranged family. The

series premiered on EPIX on August 13, 2017 to critical acclaim.

He is also starring in Jim Stouse’s Netflix film, The Incredible Jessica James opposite Jessica Williams,

in which he plays Boone, a heartbroken divorcé who unexpectedly bonds with Jessica James.

Next, O’Dowd will star in Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman’s Loving Vincent opposite Saoirse

Ronan, which will premiere at the 2017 London Film Festival and be released on September 22, 2017 and

Julius Onah’s Cloverfield Movie, produced by J.J. Abrams and set to release in 2018. Additionally, he is

currently in production on Jesse Peretz’s Juliet Naked starring opposite Rose Byrne and Ethan Hawke.

O’Dowd is well known for his starring role in Bridesmaids opposite Kristen Wiig. For his role in the

film, Chris was nominated for a BAFTA “Rising Star Award,” a Screen Actors Guild Award for

“Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture,” and won the Irish Film and Television Award

for “Best Supporting Actor – Film.” Bridesmaids, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow,

received two Oscar nominations, a Golden Globe® Award nomination for “Best Motion Picture –

Comedy or Musical,” and was recognized by AFI as “Movie of the Year.” The film also won a Critics’

Choice Movie Award for “Best Comedy Movie,” a People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Comedy

Movie,” and was recognized by individual critics’ groups throughout the country for “Best Acting

Ensemble.” Bridesmaids was a box office success making almost

$300 million worldwide.

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O’Dowd’s other feature film credits include: Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires which broke Australian box

office records and garnered Chris the AACTA Award for “Best Lead Actor;” Russell Harbaugh’s Love

After Love; Christopher Guest’s Netflix mockumentary Mascots; Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home

for Peculiar Children; Stephen Frear’s The Program; Theodore Melfi’s St. Vincent with Bill Murray and

Melissa McCarthy; James Griffiths’ Cuban Fury; John Michael McDonagh’s Calvary; Marvel

Production’s Thor: The Dark World; Judd Apatow’s This is 40 with Paul Rudd; Jennifer Westfelt’s

Friends with Kids with John Hamm and Kristen Wiig; Jay Roach’s Dinner for Schmucks with Paul Rudd

and Steve Carrell; Rob Letterman’s Gulliver’s Travels; Richard Curtis’ Fox, The Boat that Rocked

opposite Phillip Seymour Hoffman; and Gareth Carrivick’s Frequently Asked Questions About Time

Travel. He also starred in Festival which was nominated for two BAFTA Awards including “Best British

Film” and won him a BAFTA Scotland Award for “Best Actor in a Scottish Film.” Additionally, he lent

his voice to Chris Wedge’s animated blockbuster Epic alongside Beyonce, Amanda Seyfried and Jason

Sudeikis.

On television, Chris is well known for his role in the cult comedy series “The It Crowd,” Lena Dunham’s

“Girls” (HBO), Christopher Guest’s “Family Tree” (HBO), “Crimson Petal and the White” (BBC) and

“Moone Boy (Sky One, Hulu). O’Dowd wrote, directed, and starred in “Moone Boy” which is a

semiautobiographical comedy based on Chris’ Irish childhood in 1990s Boyle. He played the imaginary

friend of young boy Martin Moone and the show won an Emmy® Award for “Best Comedy” in 2013,

was nominated for “Best New Comedy Programme” at The British Comedy Awards, and won the IFTA

for “Best Entertainment Programme” in the same year. In 2014, “Moone Boy” won the British Comedy

Award for “Best Sitcom,” earned the IFTA for the second consecutive year, and received a BAFTA

Award nomination in 2015 for “Best Sitcom Comedy.”

On stage, Chris’ performance as Lennie in John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men,” starring opposite James

Franco, earned him a Tony nomination for “Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role,” a Drama

Desk Nomination for “Outstanding Actor in a Play and Theatre,” and a World Award for “Outstanding

Broadway Debut Performance.” Prior to “Of Mice and Men,” he starred in Anna Mackmin’s “Under the

Blue Sky” in 2008 opposite Catherine Tate and Francesa Anis at the Duke of York Theatre in the West

End.

Chris is from Roscommon, Ireland. He studied politics at Dublin University before training at LAMDA.

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BILL CAMP (Harlan Eustice) is best known for his Emmy® Award nominated performance “Best

Supporting Actor in a Limited Series” in HBO's critically acclaimed limited series “The Night

Of,” starring alongside John Turturro and Riz Ahmed directed by Steve Zaillian and written by Richard

Price.

Camp is currently filming the “The Looming Tower,” where he will portray FBI veteran Robert Chesney.

The upcoming Hulu series in the based-on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that

chronicles the events that led to the September 11 terrorist attacks. He recently shot the Francis

Lawrence-directed spy thriller Marble, based on Jason Matthew’s espionage novel. This film also marks

his second time working with Steve Zaillian, who is attached as a producer on the Fox feature.

Additionally, Camp filmed The Land of Steady Habits both written and directed by Nicole Holofcener

with Anthony Bregman of Likely Story producing. Bill also

co-starred alongside Jake Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan in Wildlife, Paul Dano’s directorial debut. Other

upcoming films include The Killing of a Sacred Deer directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, Woman Walks

Ahead directed by Susanna White, and Scott Cooper’s latest feature, Hostiles. This will be his second

time working with Cooper, as the duo previously collaborated on Black Mass.

Last year, Camp held key roles in Midnight Special and Loving (both from writer-director Jeff Nichols) as

well as Jason Bourne directed by Paul Greengrass. He has also appeared in Gold for director Stephen

Gaghan, Aloha for director Cameron Crowe, Birdman (Academy Award® Winner, “Best Picture”) for

director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Love & Mercy, 12 Years a Slave, Lincoln, Compliance, Lawless,

Tamara Drewe and Public Enemies.

On the small screen, he has played recurring roles on “The Leftovers,” “Manhattan,” “Boardwalk

Empire” and “Damages.”

A veteran of the stage, Camp received a Tony Award nomination for his performance as Reverend John

Hale in Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” directed by Ivo Van Hove and produced by Scott Rudin. He is an

alumnus of The Juilliard School and recipient of several awards and honors, including the Obie, Elliot

Norton, Drama Desk, and Boston Critics Association.

BRIAN D’ARCY JAMES (Brad) was awarded the 2016 SAG Award, Critics Choice Award,

Gotham Award and the Independent Spirit’s Robert Altman Award for “Best Ensemble,” for his portrayal

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of ‘Matt Carroll’ in the 2016 “Best Picture” Oscar®-winning film Spotlight starring opposite Michael

Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams.

James is a celebrated stage actor who has received three Tony nominations for his work on Broadway in

the hit musical “Something Rotten,” “Shrek the Musical,” and “Sweet Smell of Success.” In 2015, he

originated the role of King George in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” off-Broadway and was honored

to reprise it on Broadway this summer.

His upcoming film projects include: Mark Felt: The Man Who Took Down The White House, with Liam

Neeson (September); Stephen King’s 1922, directed by Zak Hilditch; Song of Back and Neck, directed by

Paul Lieberstein; Theresa Rebeck’s Trouble, starring Anjelica Huston; and Danny Strong’s JD Salinger

biopic Rebel in the Rye, starring Nicholas Hoult and Kevin Spacey opening in October.

On television, James co-stars as ‘Henry Baker’ in the hit Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” and appears as

Harvard Professor ‘Henry Murray,’ Discovery Channel’s “Manhunt: Unibomber.” Other credits include

“The Big C,” and “Smash.”

As a concert artist, James has performed worldwide at venues that included The White House, Madison

Square Garden, and Carnegie Hall.

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About the Fi lmmakers

Academy-Award® winning writer and renowned playwright AARON SORKIN (Writer/Director)

graduated from Syracuse University with a B.F.A. in Theatre.

He made his Broadway playwriting debut at the age of 28 with the military courtroom drama A Few Good

Men, for which he received the John Gassner Award as “Outstanding New American Playwright.” The

following year saw the debut of his off-Broadway play Making Movies, and in 2007 he returned to

Broadway with The Farnsworth Invention, directed by Des McAnuff.

In 1993, Mr. Sorkin’s film adaptation of A Few Good Men was nominated for four Academy Awards®,

including “Best Picture,” and five Golden Globes®, including “Best Screenplay.” He followed this

success with the screenplays for Malice, starring Alec Baldwin and Nicole Kidman, The American

President, starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening, and Charlie Wilson's War, starring Tom Hanks,

Philip Seymour Hoffman and Julia Roberts.

In 2011, Mr. Sorkin won the Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, Critics Choice, and British Academy of

Film and Television Arts Award (BAFTA) for “Best Adapted Screenplay” for The Social Network. In

addition, he also won the Writers Guild Award and the USC Scripter Award. The film, directed by David

Fincher, was nominated for eight Academy Awards®, including “Best Picture,” was named “Best

Drama” at the Golden Globes® and appeared on over 350 critics’ lists of the top ten films of 2010.

In 2012, Mr. Sorkin adapted Moneyball along with Steve Zaillian and story by Stan Chervin. The film,

which was directed by Bennett Miller and starred Brad Pitt, won Mr. Sorkin the Critics Choice Award

and New York Film Critics Award for “Best Adapted Screenplay.” It also earned four Academy Award®

nominations including “Best Picture” and “Best Adapted Screenplay.”

Mr. Sorkin wrote the feature film Steve Jobs, based on the Walter Isaacson biography of the late Apple

co-founder. This adaptation garnered him a Golden Globe® award for “Best Screenplay,” as well as

nominations for a Broadcast Film Critics’ Association (BFCA) Critics’ Choice Award, Writers Guild

Award, and multiple regional critics’ association awards.

For television, Mr. Sorkin created and produced the NBC series “The West Wing,” which earned nine

Emmy® nominations in its first season. The series went on to win a total of 26 Emmy® Awards,

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including the prize for “Outstanding Drama Series” four consecutive times. For his work on the series,

Mr. Sorkin twice received the Peabody Award and the Humanitas Prize, as well as three Television

Critics Association Awards and Producers Guild Awards, a Golden Globe® Award, and a Writers Guild

Award. He also produced and wrote the television series “Sports Night” for ABC, which won the

Humanitas Prize, the Television Critics Association Award, and garnered eight Emmy® nominations.

Additionally, Mr. Sorkin created the series “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.” The series took place behind-

the-scenes of a live sketch-comedy show and received five Emmy® nominations in 2007.

In 2012, Sorkin made his return to television with the HBO drama “The Newsroom,” bringing in an

average of 7 million viewers per episode. Set behind-the-scenes of a cable news show, the ensemble cast

is led by Jeff Daniels, who went on to win an Emmy® Award for “Best Actor” for his performance on the

show, Emily Mortimer, and Sam Waterston. The show won a Critics Choice Television Award for “Most

Exciting New Series” and has been nominated for numerous awards, including five Primetime Emmy®

Awards, a Golden Globe® Award for “Best Television – Drama,” a WGA, and DGA Award. The third

and final season aired on HBO in 2014, closing the series on a ratings season high.

In addition to Molly’s Game, Sorkin is currently in various stages of production on two exciting and

notable projects, To Kill a Mockingbird for Broadway and the NBC live presentation of “A Few Good

Men.”

In February 2016, it was announced that he will be writing a stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s iconic

American novel To Kill a Mockingbird, set to show during the 2017-2018 season, with Scott Rudin

producing. The production will be staged by Tony-nominated director Bartlett Sher, best known for his

Broadway revivals of The King and I and Fiddler on the Roof.

Sorkin is also returning to NBC with an exciting live presentation of his own Broadway play “A Few

Good Men.” Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, known for their work on NBC’s The Sound of Music Live, The

Wiz Live and Hairspray Live, will be executive producing alongside Sorkin.

MOLLY BLOOM (Author) is known for her best-selling memoir, “Molly’s Game: From Hollywood’s

Elite to Wall Street’s Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground

Poker.” The book chronicles Bloom’s journey from college student to LA waitress to ringleader of an

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underground cross-country Hollywood A-list poker game, whose players included Leonardo DiCaprio,

Tobey Maguire, A-Rod and Ben Affleck.

With a passion for skiing since she was a young girl, Bloom began her career as a world-class skier; she

joined the U.S. Ski Team and at 21 years old and was ranked No. 3 in North America in moguls. Bloom

attended the University of Colorado – Boulder, where she majored in political science. She was in the

process of applying to top tier Law School, but decided to postpone law school for a year and move to

LA, where, with her entrepreneurial mindset and a strange confluence of events, she came to build one of

the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world, raking in $4 million per year.

M ARK GO RDO N (Producer) is an award-winning motion picture and television producer with more

than 100 motion picture and television projects to his credit.

Gordon’s films include upcoming projects The Nutcracker and the Four Realms with Lasse Hallström

directing, and starring Keira Knightley, Morgan Freeman, Mackenzie Foy, and Misty Copeland; and

Murder on the Orient Express directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars alongside a celebrated

ensemble cast including Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Penélope Cruz and Judy Dench.

Past film credits include Saving Private Ryan (which earned Gordon Academy Award and BAFTA

nominations, as well as a Golden Globe for Best Picture), Steve Jobs, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow,

Speed, Source Code, The Messenger, and The Patriot, among others. As an executive producer and

financier, Gordon’s credits include Tomb Raider, Wonder Boys, The Painted Veil, A Simple Plan and

Primary Colors.

In the television arena, Gordon currently serves as an executive producer on Ray Donovan, Grey’s

Anatomy, Criminal Minds, and Quantico. The Mark Gordon Company also serves as co-studio with ABC

Studios on Designated Survivor starring Kiefer Sutherland, which received a second season order at ABC.

In 2015, Gordon was honored by the Producers Guild of America with the Norman Lear Award for

achievement in television. Gordon is a five-time Emmy nominee and two-time winner. Additionally, he

won a Golden Globe for his work on Grey’s Anatomy. Some of his other television credits include the

Emmy Award winning Warm Springs, Private Practice, Army Wives and Reaper.

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In 2015, The Mark Gordon Company partnered with Entertainment One (eOne) to create an independent

television and film studio. Gordon serves as CEO for the company, which both finances and produces

premium content by Mark as well as other producers.

Gordon is the President Emeritus of the Producers Guild of America, having served as its President from

2010 through 2014, where he spearheaded the establishment of The Producer’s Mark.

A devoted philanthropist and champion of public education, Gordon is the founder of Citizens of the

World Charter Schools (CWC), which serves more than 1,400 students across six schools in Los Angeles,

Brooklyn, and Kansas City. Gordon currently serves on the board of the Fulfillment Fund and is the

former chairman of Teach for America Los Angeles. He is also a former board member of the Virginia

Film Festival, Chrysalis, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, and UCLA Lab School.

AM Y PASCAL (Producer) is the Founder and CEO of Pascal Pictures, a film and television production

company based at SONY. In addition to this summer’s smash hit Spider-Man: Homecoming, on which

Pascal served as a producer, the company was also a major force behind the recent Ghostbusters relaunch.

Pascal has an impressive upcoming slate of films, including: Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers drama,

The Papers, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, to be released in December 2017; an animated Spider-

Man film to debut in 2018; The Girl in the Spider’s Web, which is the sequel to Stieg Larsson’s

successful The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy; and the live-action adaptation of Barbie, based on

Mattel’s iconic fashion doll. Pascal grew up in Los Angeles where she still currently resides with her

husband and son.

Feature film producer and executive M ATT JACKSO N (Producer) is currently the Head of Film and

Acquisitions at The Mark Gordon Company, where he oversees the company’s film operations.

In one of the biggest deals at Cannes, Roland Emmerich will direct World War II battle movie Midway

with China’s Bona Film Group leading the investment. Jackson will produce alongside Mark Gordon,

Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser and Bona’s, Yu Dong.

Previously, Jackson was President of Production at IM Global, where he executive produced Gary Ross’

Free State of Jones starring Matthew McConaughey; produced The Journey helmed by Nick Hamm

starring Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney; produced The Secret in Their Eyes based on the Academy

Award® winning Argentinian film and starring Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor;

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executive produced Eran Creevy’s thriller Collide starring Nicholas Hoult and Sir Anthony Hopkins; and

executive produced Southside with You.

Prior to IM Global, Jackson served as the EVP and Head of US Production at Exclusive Media, producing

Dark Places, Parkland, End of Watch and Snitch. He began his career as a studio executive at Universal

Pictures, where he supervised production on the highly successful Bourne franchise, followed by

executive roles at Paramount Pictures and The Kennedy/Marshall Company.

Jackson is a graduate of Morehouse College. He has been a member of the PGA since 2013 and a member

of the Academy since 2017.

CHARLO TTE BRUUS CHRISTEN SEN (Director of Photography) is currently shooting A Quiet

Place directed by John Krasinski and starring John and Emily Blunt. She recently lensed Denzel

Washington’s Oscar winning film Fences starring Washington and Viola Davis, as well as Tate Taylor’s

thriller The Girl on the Train, starring Emily Blunt.

Prior to these features she shot Thomas Vinterberg’s Far from the Madding Crowd, starring Carey

Mulligan. Christensen has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Vinterberg, which began when her

short films caught his attention. This lead to her first feature film, Submarino, which garnered her a

Golden Frog nomination at Camerimage, as well as a Danish Film Academy Robert Award for “Best

Cinematography.” She maintained her partnership with the director by shooting his next film, The Hunt,

winning her The Vulcan Award at Cannes and the Danish Film Critics’ Award for “Best

Cinematography.”

Other recent credits include Anton Corbijn’s Life, which premiered at the Berlin International Film

Festival; The Other Life, directed by Jonas Elmer; Hunky Dory, directed by Marc Evans, and Oliver

Ussing’s drama My Good Enemy.

Christensen first gained her knowledge in filmmaking in 1999 at The European Film College in Denmark.

She was later admitted into the National Film and Television School's cinematography course in 2002.

DAVID W ASCO (Production Designer) and set decorator Sandy Reynolds-Wasco are a husband and

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wife duo who have worked together on more than 20 films in the past 25 years. They have collaborated

with some of the most talented filmmakers today, including Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Michael

Mann and most recently Damien Chazelle and Aaron Sorkin.

David and Sandy won the 2016 Academy Award® for “Best Achievement in Production Design,” the Art

Directors Guild Award for “Excellence in Production Design” and a BAFTA nomination for “Best

Production Design” for their work on Damien Chazelle's La La Land.

After working with Quentin Tarantino on Reservoir Dogs in 1992, they continued working with him,

designing Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 and Inglourious Basterds which

received the BAFTA nomination for “Best Production Design.”

Wasco’s design work on Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums was featured in the Smithsonian's

National Design Triennial in 2003.

When SUSAN LYALL (Costume Designer) arrived in New York in the early 1980s to pursue a career in

fashion design, it was her fascination with music, performance and art, which led into her current

profession of developing characters and telling stories through costume. Lyall began her career in theatre

with the esteemed Circle Repertory Company, eventually leading her into the then-fledgling New York

independent film world.

Molly’s Game is Susan’s inaugural collaboration with director Aaron Sorkin. She found the experience

both exhilarating and challenging as, apparently, the real Molly Bloom was never seen, (by the players) in

the same outfit twice. Other esteemed collaborators include director Steven Soderbergh, (Unsane, Mosaic,

Side Effects, King of the Hill) Jodie Foster, (Money Monster, The Beaver, Flight Plan, Home for The

Holidays, Nell, Little Man Tate) Jonathan Demme (Rachel Getting Married, Line of Sight,) Robert

Schwentke (RIPD, RED, Flight Plan,) David Mamet (The Spanish Prisoner, State & Main,) and Michael

Apted (Thunderheart, Blink, Extreme Measures, Nell).

ALAN BAUM GARTEN (Edited By) earned an Academy Award ®nomination and won an American

Cinema Editors “Eddie” Award for his work on David O. Russell’s American Hustle.

He worked again with Mr. Russell on Joy for which he and his fellow editors received an ACE “Eddie”

Award nomination. His film with director Jay Roach, Trumbo, earned Bryan Cranston an Academy

Award® nomination. Baumgarten and Roach previously collaborated on the critically acclaimed HBO

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film Recount, for which Baumgarten won both an Emmy® Award and an ACE “Eddie” Award. They also

worked together on Dinner for Schmucks and Meet the Fockers.

Baumgarten has partnered with director Ruben Fleischer on the films Gangster Squad for Warner Bros.,

and 30 Minutes or Less and Zombieland for Sony Pictures.

Most recently, he edited the not yet released Cloverfield Movie for Bad Robot and Paramount.

His other credits include additional editing on The Muppets for director James Bobin and Funny People

for Judd Apatow, and the features Charlie Bartlett, The Heartbreak Kid, Fever Pitch, Dodgeball: A True

Underdog Story, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Lord of Illusions, and The Lawnmower Man.

Born in Los Angeles, Baumgarten studied at the University of California at Santa Cruz and received his

B.F.A. from New York University.

JO SH SCHAEFFER (Edited By) has edited work for film, television, and commercials. His

commercial work includes brands like Dom Pérignon, BMW, & Gatorade; his television credits

include “You’re the Worst,” “The Last Man On Earth,” and “Man Seeking Woman;” and his long-term

editing partnership with Jordan-Vogt Roberts includes the films Successful Alcoholics, Kings of Summer,

and Kong: Skull Island.

ELLIO T GRAHAM , ACE (Edited By) is an Academy Award® nominated editor who previously cut

Steve Jobs, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle. He is currently editing and producing

on Danny Boyle’s limited series, “Trust,” about the 1973 Getty family kidnapping. Graham has

collaborated with Gus Van Sant on several projects, including Milk, for which he received an Oscar

nomination, and Restless. He teamed with Bryan Singer on X-Men 2, Superman Returns, and the pilot

episode of “House.” Other recent credits include Trash, an all Portuguese language film directed by

Stephen Daldry, additional editing on Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and additional editing

work on Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation.

DANIEL PEM BERTO N (Composer) is an Ivor Novello-winning and multiple Golden Globe® and

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BAFTA Award-nominated composer who has been regularly cited as one of the most exciting and

original new voices working in modern film scoring today. Constantly working with some of the most

renowned names in the industry, Molly’s Game marks the second time the composer has collaborated on

an Aaron Sorkin project - Pemberton’s mix of opera and electronics for Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs

(scripted by Sorkin and starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet) not only garnered him a Golden

Globe® nomination for “Best Original Score” but so impressed the writer that Pemberton was invited to

score his much-anticipated directorial debut.

Pemberton was nominated this year for a Golden Globe® Award – “Best Original Song” for the song

“Gold”, performed by Iggy Pop and from the film of the same name (for which he also composed the

score) directed by Stephen Gaghan and starring Matthew McConaughey as well as “Composer of the

Year” at the 2016 World Soundtrack Awards. He was previously honored as “Discovery of The Year” at

the World Soundtrack Awards in 2014 for his work on The Counselor as well as the features Blood, In

Fear, and Cuban Fury.

His bold writing and unusual and innovative arrangements have seen his soundtracks singled out for

critical acclaim whether on studio films such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and King Arthur: Legend of

the Sword or independent features such as last year’s Cannes Palm D’Or nominee Mal De Pierres starring

Marion Cotillard.

Having worked in British television for over two decades on countless Emmy® and BAFTA Award-

winning dramas and documentaries (such as “Peep Show,” “Complicit,” “Upstairs Downstairs,” “Dirk

Gently,” “Prey,” “Space Dive,” “Occupation,” “Desperate Romantics” and “Hiroshima”), Pemberton’s

big break into feature films came after Ridley Scott was so impressed with his debut film score in 2011

for the period supernatural thriller The Awakening that he hired the composer to score his feature The

Counselor. The pair collaborated again on Scott’s first directorial foray into television, “The Vatican” and

the upcoming Watergate feature Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, produced by

Scott, directed by Peter Landesman and starring Liam Neeson. Pemberton is currently scoring Scott’s

next directorial effort, All the Money in the World, starring Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Spacey and Michelle

Williams.

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MOLLY’S GAME

STXfilms HUAYI BROTHERS PICTURES and THE MARK GORDON COMPANY Present

A PASCAL PICTURES / MARK GORDON Production

“MOLLY’S GAME” JESSICA CHASTAIN IDRIS ELBA KEVIN COSTNER MICHAEL CERA

JEREMY STRONG CHRIS O’DOWD BILL CAMP Casting by FRANCINE MAISLER

Co-Producers JOSH CLAY PHILLIPS LYN LUCIBELLO-BRANCATELLA LAUREN LOHMAN

Music by DANIEL PEMBERTON Costume Designer SUSAN LYALL

Edited by ALAN BAUMGARTEN, ACE JOSH SCHAEFFER ELLIOT GRAHAM, ACE

Production Designer DAVID WASCO Director of Photography CHARLOTTE BRUUS CHRISTENSEN

Executive Producers LEOPOLDO GOUT STUART M. BESSER WANG ZHONGJUN WANG ZHONGLEI

FELICE BEE DONALD TANG ROBERT SIMONDS ADAM FOGELSON OREN AVIV

Produced by MARK GORDON, p.g.a. AMY PASCAL, p.g.a MATT JACKSON, p.g.a

Based on the Book by MOLLY BLOOM Written for the Screen and Directed by AARON SORKIN

Motion Picture Artwork © 2017 STX FINANCING, LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.