It seems like we can be spoiled when it comes to movies about the WallStreetBets / GameStop saga: Deadline reports that MGM and Netflix plan to make one before the dust settles (via Kotaku and Polygon). If you did not pay attention to the stock nails, short prints and diamond hands that were going on last week, we have a statement that you can drop altogether.
MGM’s version of the film is based on a book that has not yet been written. The author of the book is Ben Mezrich, who wrote The random billionaires, which was the basis for David Fincher’s 2010 film The social network. Mezrich is apparently inspired by Fincher’s title, while mentioning his new book The antisocial network.
Netflix tries to get Mark Boal, the screenwriter and producer, The Hurt Locker and Detroit, to write its processing. (Does that mean we could see Kathryn Bigelow directing? Please say yes.) The company also plans to have it To all the boys I’ve loved before star Noah Centineo plays a big role. Who he is going to portray is someone’s guess, because the story has literally not yet unfolded in real life.
I can imagine that it’s hard to be a filmmaker who has to turn the WallStreetBets story into a movie, because on the one hand you want to get it done as soon as possible so that the movie is still current, but on the other hand, you have to wait until the story is done before you can really start working on it. Even now, we’re seeing new developments as WallStreetBets starts targeting SPACs (shell companies meant to help private companies easily become public) and silver commodities. It would be a tragedy if a film did not include a scene from a Redditor who has to deliver 300 silver bars.
There is also the question of how a big role Robinhood will play in the films. The platform created a firestorm of user controversy and anger when it stopped buying WallStreetBets’ favorite shares last week, but Forbes reports that the app still gets a million downloads a day. It’s something that would be hard to put into a movie, but it’s a big part of the story, of course.
None of the movies have an release date yet (again, because it’s hard to know when the whole thing is over), or there’s a lot of talent to talk about, but I’m excited to see how it turns out. Hopefully one of these adjustments can look The big short, with Michael Cera as u / DeepFuckingValue, and if I really dream here, they will both be released the same week as Netflix and Hulu’s competitive Fyre Festival documentaries. Such oddity fits only with the absolute roller coaster that the GameStop drive had, and probably will remain so.