{"id":2349,"date":"2017-11-12T19:46:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/11\/12\/afi-fest-announces-mollys-game-as-new-closing-night-film-replacing-all-the-money-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2017-11-12T19:46:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T19:46:36","slug":"afi-fest-announces-mollys-game-as-new-closing-night-film-replacing-all-the-money-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/11\/12\/afi-fest-announces-mollys-game-as-new-closing-night-film-replacing-all-the-money-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"AFI FEST Announces \u2018Molly\u2019s Game\u2019 as New Closing-Night Film, Replacing \u2018All the Money in the World\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Less than a week after announcing that Ridley Scott\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/all-the-money-in-the-world\/\" id=\"auto-tag_all-the-money-in-the-world\">All the Money in the World<\/a>\u201d will no longer serve as its closing-night film, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/afi-fest\/\" id=\"auto-tag_afi-fest\">AFI FEST<\/a> has announced that Aaron Sorkin\u2019s directorial debut \u201cMolly\u2019s Game\u201d will now close the festival. The film, which stars Jessica Chastain as the real-life proprietor of a high-stakes poker game, had already been announced as part of AFI FEST but will now get pride of place as the final film to screen during the weeklong event.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/11\/ridley-scott-afi-fest-remove-all-the-money-in-the-world-kevin-spacey-sexual-assault-allegations-1201894624\/\" title=\"\u2018All the Money in the World\u2019 Pulled From AFI Fest Amid Kevin Spacey Scandal\">\u2018All the Money in the World\u2019 Pulled From AFI Fest Amid Kevin Spacey Scandal<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s \u201cPhantom Thread\u201d and Steven Spielberg\u2019s \u201cThe Post\u201d had both been mentioned by festival-goers as potential replacements, which was probably wishful thinking; neither film is expected to screen until after Thanksgiving. \u201cAll the Money in the World\u201d was pulled after several men accused star Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct, and the actor\u2019s scenes are now being reshot with Christopher Plummer in his stead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The screening of &#8220;Molly&#8217;s Game&#8221; \u2014 which also stars Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Jeremy Strong, Chris O&#8217;Dowd, Bill Camp \u2014 will be preceded by a tribute to Sorkin.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/09\/mollys-game-review-aaron-sorkin-jessica-chastain-idris-elba-tiff-2017-1201874376\/\" title=\"\u2018Molly\u2019s Game\u2019 Review: Jessica Chastain Goes All in for Aaron Sorkin\u2019s Electrifying Poker Drama \u2014 TIFF\">\u2018Molly\u2019s Game\u2019 Review: Jessica Chastain Goes All in for Aaron Sorkin\u2019s Electrifying Poker Drama \u2014 TIFF<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Aaron Sorkin is an American master, and we are proud to shine a proper spotlight on his directorial debut, MOLLY&#8217;S GAME, on AFI FEST&#8217;s Closing Night,&#8221; said Jacqueline Lyanga, AFI FEST Director, in a statement. &#8220;As Sorkin embarks on this next chapter of his career, his talents are timely for a tribute as he brings his gift of crafting compelling narratives and complex characters to the story of female impresario Molly Bloom.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! 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Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a week after announcing that Ridley Scott\u2019s \u201cAll the Money in the World\u201d will no longer serve as its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-2349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-careering"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-BT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}