unrelated 2003 Queen Latifah vehicle Bringing Down the House), was released in theaters on March 28, 2008. The film is from Columbia Pictures and was directed by Robert Luketic. Kevin Spacey produced the film, and also portrays the character of Micky Rosa. Other cast members include Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Jim Sturgess, Jacob Pitts, Liza Lapira, Aaron Yoo, and Sam Golzari. Jeff Ma, Bill Kaplan, and Henry Houh, another team player from the 1990s, have brief cameo roles in the movie. 21 was filmed outside the buildings of MIT, in Boston University classrooms and dorms, throughout Cambridge and Boston, and in Las Vegas. Says Mezrich, "...Kevin Spacey came to me about making a movie. He read the Wired adaptation of the book and became interested... The funny thing is filming may take place in casinos such as The Mirage and Caesar's Palace, where the real thing happened." See also The Eudaemonic Pie Breaking Vegas The Last Casino Notes External links Chet Curtis Report on NECN - "Bringing Down the House with Bill Kaplan" Adaptation of the book in Wired issue 10.09 Mike Aponte's website Luck is for Losers INC Magazine August 2008 Blackjack 2003 non-fiction books Free Press (publisher) books Non-fiction books adapted into films Non-fiction books about gambling Massachusetts Institute of Technology student life