Australian casino mogul, Kerry Packer is to be remembered in a film about his life.

Gambling baron Packer died on December 26th 2005 aged 68 and will now be immortalised by director John Stockwell on the big screen.

The film will be called “Chasing the Whale” and was also written by the director, according to online-pokernews.com.

Packer was a heavyweight in the gambling community and his nickname of ‘whale’ was in reference to his large presence in the casino where he would often wager bets of million of dollars upwards.

As well as being Australia’s richest man, he also controlled 30 per cent of PBL –the group that runs one of the country’s largest television networks – and owned Crown Casino in Melbourne.

Although the film is a working progress in its early stages and no actors have yet been lined up, reports suggest that development for the script began before Packer’s death.

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