It also stars Pete Davidson and Paul Dano
GameStop had a moment in the sun as the world’s #1 stock meme, and one of Wall Street’s hottest assets, in a while. But that means that adaptations based on a true story are just getting started – although there are already many more out there documentaries. trailer for stupid moneywhich retells the story with a star-studded cast, was released on the Thursday ahead of the film’s September 22 release date.
stupid money It follows Keith Gill (Paul Dano), an ordinary guy/streaming personality who bets his life savings on a stock hunch and hits it big. More importantly, when Gil bets big on GameStop, he posts about it and inspires his followers to do the same. Suddenly, thousands of people are buying every GameStop stock they can, sending the billionaires trying to sell the stock into a massive panic.
As for adapting the story, a ridiculously talented cast has been assembled on both sides of the class line. Together with Dano, stupid money stars Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live), Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs), Sebastian Stan (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies), America Ferrera (superstore), Vincent D’Onofrio (men in black), Nick Offerman (The last of us), and Anthony Ramos (Hamilton). The film was written and directed by Craig Gillespie.I’m Tonya) and written by Lauren Shuker Bloom (Orange is the new black) and Rebecca Angelo (Orange is the new black), based on the book antisocial network by Ben Mezrich.
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