Affleck and Schwimmer to use their gambling skills in new poker movie

Affleck and Schwimmer use their gambling skills in new poker movie

Director of Incident at Loch Ness Zak Penn is going to try his skills in creating a comic feature set around an international poker tournament.

According to Hollywood Reported quoted by Killermovies.com, the comedy is to star poker fan Ben Affleck, David Schwimmer, William H. Macy, Richard Kind and German director Werner Herzog. The shooting is expected to begin in February 2005 at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas.

Though Penn’s debut Incident at Loch Ness was rolling out slowly in theaters, he has now good chances for success due to his serious involvement in poker and advanced skills. He has played poker every week since high school. He even has drawn cards with each member of his cast except Macy, who starred in the gaming-themed The Cooler but isn't a gambler.

The director will present each cast member with a fully fleshed-out character. This initial basis will be used for creating the bulk of improvised scenes.

"The biggest problem the cast and I will face is that we will lose all of our fees playing cards while staying at the hotel," Penn said. The director also disclosed his plans to enlist other card-playing actors for filming.