Irish actors Colm Meaney and Aidan Gillen are set to star in a new film about the rise of betting company Paddy Power.
Brian Gleeson and Alex Murphy will also appear in the upcoming movie.
The film, which was announced by Irish media production company Playhouse Studios, is based on Punters: Hoe Paddy Power Bet Billions and Changed Gambling Forever, a book by journalist Aaron Rogan.
Peggy Cafferty, chief executive of Playhouse, said the story of the betting company “stood out immediately as a story with real scale, authentic dark humour, grit and tenacity.”
Paddy Power was formed from the merger of three Irish bookmakers in 1988 and is now owned by Flutter Entertainment, a global gambling firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange with a market value of €13 billion ($14.5 billion).
