According to the US Internet Movie Database, a movie focusing on the life of professional poker player and lifetime gambler, Amarillo Slim, is in production.
The film, currently categorized as "in production," has been in development for some time. Nicolas Cage, who will take the lead role as Amarillo Slim, is credited as a producer alongside Braxton Pope.
Christopher Wilkinson, whose credits as screenwriter include "Nixon," and "Ali," both biopics, is adapting Amarillo's book, "Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People: The Memoirs of the Greatest Gambler Who Ever Lived," for the big screen.
It is rumored but not yet confirmed that Milos Forman is on board to direct the project. Forman's directorial efforts include such notable films as "Amadeus," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "Man on the Moon," the silver screen presentation of the life and career of quirky comedian, Andy Kaufman, starring Jim Carrey.
