“Dumb Money”: Read the script that deftly captures the GameStop Wall Street phenomenon

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series, which highlights the year’s most talked about screenplays, continues Stupid moneyDirected by Craig Gillespie and written by financial journalists and screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, based on the best-selling book by Ben Mezrich The antisocial network.

The goal of the Columbia Pictures/Stage 6/Black Bear Pictures production was to make the subject matter accessible: the short squeeze story of GameStop stock, which stalled in 2021 and was destined to cause another short squeeze. Sell ​​profit for hedge funds that have become.

This is where Keith Gill comes into play. Played by Paul Dano, he is the focus of the film as he invests his savings in GameStop and posts about it on Reddit. His tips became a movement, GameStop became the first meme stock, and hedge funds lost billions.

Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley and Seth Rogen also star in the film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and is being released theatrically by Sony Pictures Year 2015. could be seen. Mid September.

At Deadline’s “Contenders Film: Los Angeles,” the writers talked about depth Stupid moneyis the organizing theme: a David vs. Goliath story fueled by social media populism. This led to the recording of real messages from investors.

“It’s one of the most important forces shaping the world today,” Angelo said. “We have spent years developing a cinematic language that makes this experience intuitive and the connections emotional. We thought, “This is finally our chance to use these skills.”

Schuker Blum added: “Our characters are not in the same room, they never meet. We really had to think about telling the story of this ensemble in a whole new way.”

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