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Sony’s Dumb Money red-band trailer finds Paul Dano as a stock market exchange Robin Hood, with GameStop executives as the bullseye.
Excuse me while I put my feet up, burn one, and bask in the glow of executives getting screwed over by their own hubris. Why am I laying around? I just watched the trailer for Sony’s Dumb money comedy-drama, directed by Craig Gillespie. It tells the story of the GameStop stock crisis that led to the financial ruin of several fat cats. The red-band trailer for Dumb money features Paul Dano in the role of Keith Gill, a financial analyst who invested all his savings into a failing GameStop share that made him (and other investors) millionaires. Gill’s story has many twists and turns. The red-band trailer for Sony’s
Dumb money stars Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio and America Ferrera along with Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Shailene woodley, and Seth Rogen. Gillespie directs from a script by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo based on the book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich.Presented as a David-vs.-Goliath story,
Dumb Money investigates how a group of private investors and internet trolls on a Wall Street subreddit called WallStreetBets hoodwinked one of the most formidable hedge funds known to eager investors. The carefully orchestrated attack sent shockwaves throughout the money lenders’ souls, causing chaos in an infrastructure which had worked for generations. As a result of the debacle, a handful of first-time traders got stupidly rich, while influential players in the market had their coffers emptied in a matter of moments.Teddy Schwartzman and Gillespie produce, with Mezrich, Michael Heimler, John Friedberg, Johnny Holland, Schuker Blum, Andrew Swett, Angelo, Kevin Ulrich, and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss executive producing.
I remember the seeds of chaos sewn in real-time when this unprecedented situation unfolded. I won’t pretend that I understand the ins-and-outs of stock trading. I do enjoy watching billionaires work. Sony’s
Dumb Money red-band trailer brings Gill’s fascinating story to life in a way that – while heightened for Hollywood storytelling – even people with no stock market knowledge can enjoy.Dumb Money
comes to theaters on September 22, 2023.
Entertainment - Media News Watch originally published at Entertainment - Media News Watch
