Thanks to American Horror Story Jessica Lange has had a bit of a career resurgence (and she’ll have more time for other projects soon, as she’s said she’ll only do one more season of AHS after the current Coven). Now she’s booked a movie role, as Deadline reports that she has joined the cast of a remake of The Gambler.
Mark Wahlberg is already on board for the do-over of the 1974 James Caan, which was about a literature professor with a gambling problem who runs into trouble with some local gangsters. Lange will play the mother of Wahlberg’s characters, who is described as ‘rich and ostentatious’.
The Departeds William Monahan wrote the remake script, with Rupert Wyatt directing. Theres no news on exactly when it will shoot.