I first read the book Bringing Down the House a couple years back, and knew instantly that Hollywood would make a movie about this real life tale of how six M.I.T. Students took Vegas for Millions. The feature film version is titled 21 and stars Across the Universe’s Jim Sturgess in the lead, Kevin Spacey as the teacher/leader, in addition to Kate Bosworth, Laurence Fishburne, and Aaron Yoo. Sure, director Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, Monster-in-Law) doesn’t instill confidence, but it’s hard to mess up a heist film (although Oceans 12 accomplished that feat). The new movie trailer makes the movie look very fun. Check out he trailer after the jump.
You can watch the trailer in High Definition on Yahoo! Movies. 21 Hits theaters on March 28th 2008.
November 18th, 2007 at 1:53 am
the movie looks very promising, although the subject has been touched by many productions by now… Kevin Spacey, great as always… i’ll definitely read that book before seeing this movie.
November 18th, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Well I’ve liked all of this director’s movies so far, this one looks pretty entertaining too
November 19th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Based on the trailer alone, they’re clearly taking a number of liberties with the source material. They’ve got a loaded cast — which only means so much (again, Ocean’s 12) — I hope they go for the slow tension build-up of the book, though the trailer suggest otherwise.
November 26th, 2007 at 8:45 am
JOSH GAD IS A JACKPOT ADD TO THIS CAST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 10th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Now that looks interesting…
February 17th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Ahhhh it looks awesome……. and the DOORS in it FUCKING A’ it looks amazing
March 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
OMG! Jim Sturgess is so fucking hawt! i looooooove him in across the universe! (i like him with the accent better) Im so seeing this movie when it come out!
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm
vegas is selling dreams for cash, seems these wiz kids,were fulfilling there dreams, but with a very hefty price to pay. sounds great, I can,t wait to see it.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
The original book and team of MIT kids who used math to beat the casinos were mostly all Asian or half-Asian. The book was a best-seller on the NY Times for several weeks which indicates that people loved to read about them despite their ethnicity. It’s sad that the studios could not cast the actors as realistically, choosing only white actors. It makes the movie less true to the story and destroys a main component of how the team pulled it off for so long- of course white millionaires spending massive amounts money in casinos would get noticed by security.
March 25th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Mm m m m m Toasty thats how i describe Across the universe
March 27th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I’m excited to see it too, I hope it stays somewhat true to the actual story. I know Mike Aponte and David Irvine, and I’ve been studying their techniques they used in Vegas. You can get them from their site http://www.blackjackinstitute.com …hopefully one day I’ll be as good as them :)
March 27th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I can’t wait to see this movie, and watch it with a nice slice of pizza in my hands….
March 28th, 2008 at 10:22 am
i saw this movie the 27 i went to the premire that movie was the sexiest ever whaoooooooaoooo
March 31st, 2008 at 10:02 am
Hey I have a question bout the movie! Wat is it about mostl? I dont get it very much. Is it good or bad? Inappropriate or sexual?
May 5th, 2008 at 6:14 am
I went to see this film yesterday. It’s really good. Very clever! It’s not inappropriate or anything, it’s just a clever film!
It’s a must watch!
June 9th, 2008 at 8:46 am
the movie trailer looks amazing……can’t wait to see it!!!
June 20th, 2008 at 5:48 am
I have already seen this movie !! so GREAT…