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More Details Released for "Molly's Game": Elba and Chastain to Star

Related Topics: Idris Elba, Jessica Chastain

The Hollywood biopic of Molly Bloom, who ran afoul of the law for hosting high-stakes poker games involving a number of Hollywood A-listers, will feature Idris Elba as Bloom's lawyer, according to recent reports.

The British actor possibly best-known for his turn on HBO's The Wire will star opposite Jessica Chastain, who was connected to the upcoming film this February.

The movie, titled Molly's Game after Bloom's 2014 book, is listed as being in pre-production with no estimation of a release year on popular movie website IMDB.