Having dipped into the seductive waters of sexy courtesans, Stephen Frears. is now looking towards the future, and the future's got lots of gambling. The trades are reporting that Frears is set to direct Lay the Favorite. , a dramedy that will rejoin him with High Fidelity. scribe D.V. De Vincentis. The project stems from an upcoming memoir by Beth Raymer called Lay the Favorite, Take the Dog. , which will be published this Spring. Now, why did I say trades and not pick one? That's because it's time to play Pick the Plot. In one corner, we've got The Hollywood Reporter. , who says that this is a world of "geeky gamblers" who "figure out how to work the sportsbook system in Las Vegas for their own profit. It centers on a woman in her early thirties who has made a series of bad choices but achieves a redemption of sorts when she meets and then becomes involved with the gamblers." De Vincentis says: "This is the version of 50-year-old math geeks from Queens in basketball shorts who have
Stephen Frears Gears Up for 'High Fidelity' Reunion
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