Back in early 2015 it was announced that then-rising star Margot Robbie would be portraying cleaning lady-turned-illegal sports betting empire boss Marisa Lankester in Dangerous Odds, and now it looks like the project is ready to move forward.
Based on Lankester’s memoir Dangerous Odds: My Secret Life Inside an Illegal Billion-Dollar Sports Betting Operation, the project was originally picked up by Warner Bros. before being put into turnaround. However, Bold Films has now come on board to finance the movie.
“We are incredibly excited to work with Oscar-nominated actress Margot Robbie at this momentous time in her career,” said Bold Films’ Michel Litvak. “She will do an amazing job bring this thrilling true story and fascinating character to life.”
“It’s a great character; it’s a female Scarface in the rise of this great criminal operation under the leadership of a very savvy woman,” added Bold CEO Gary Michael Walters. “Margot Robbie is an extraordinary actress and couldn’t be hotter right now. She is so versatile and strong with comedy, drama and action — she really is the full package, and that’s rare. She’s built up a great production company with LuckyChap.”
Dangerous Odds will explore Lankester’s rags-to-riches story as she “rises through the ranks and takes on a pivotal role establishing the first offshore gambling operation, growing it into a billion-dollar-a-year criminal empire.”
Robbie is nominated for an Academy Award for her role as Tonya Harding in I, Tonya, and is expected to return as Harley Quinn for Warner Bros. and DC Films at some point this year.
Via Deadline
Originally published March 1, 2018. Updated February 28, 2018.
