DiCaprio in Online Poker Movie?

A movie about online poker sites could be coming and none other than Leonardo DiCaprio might star in it.

The movie, which was recently optioned by Paramount Pictures, is about a South American casino operation. While details are slim, it’s said to feature online poker playing in some major way.

“I used to enjoy a little online gambling before it came illegal in the United States,” DiCaprio was recently quoted as saying. “It will be interesting to see this subject in a film.”

Though DiCaprio admits to enjoying an online game or two, he also says the concept is odd to him. “There’s something very strange about people trusting their money to a website that may or may not pay out,” he said.

It’s believed that Costa Rican online poker and online casinos are the focus of the movie and that the writes who wrote “Rounders” and “Oceans Thirteen” will head up the project.

Of course, because details are slim, it’s not known how online poker playing will be characterized. Poker opponents hope, of course, that it will be featured in a favorable light. It’s said that the featuring of the poker game Texas Hold’em in the movie “Rounders” was partly responsible for the incredible popularity that the game now has.