Sylvester Stallone‘s Balboa Productions, Cole Hauser‘s American Outlaw Entertainment and MGM Television are teaming on a series adaptation of the book Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker, Doug J. Swanson‘s definitive deep dive into the life of the man who built the foundation of modern Las Vegas gambling. Yellowstone‘s Hauser set to play Binion.
Published in 2014, Blood Aces charts Binion’s explosive rise from a Fort Worth, TX hustler to the ruthless, larger-than-life mastermind who redefined Vegas and the worlds of poker and rodeo. Positioned as a gritty, character-driven prestige series, the adaptation will capture his unapologetically bold style, from violently outsmarting rivals to building a family empire and bending the law to his will.
