In a recent interview on the Rich Eisen show, Damon talked about how the option for a sequel to Rounders had been discussed. On the talk show, the multiple Oscar nominated actor spoke of how the youth of today are brought up with online poker, and have seen millions of hands by the age of twenty-one while playing in online tournament settings. This modern way of playing poker has turned it into an entirely different game to the one that was depicted in Rounders all those years ago, and players are now operating on a whole new level. According to Damon, the writers of the film, Brian Koppelman and David Levien, have thought about how it would be interesting to pit the McDermott character from the previous film against the online-poker-trained generation of today.