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- Apple and A24 are adapting Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’ into a movie about FTX and its founder.
- The movie will deal with the rise and fall of FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried’s authorized troubles.
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Apple Studios and A24 are growing a movie round notorious FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, in response to a Selection report.
The movie will adapt Michael Lewis’ bestselling ebook, Going Infinite, with Lena Dunham on board to jot down the screenplay.
The movie will chronicle the rise and collapse of crypto trade FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
Now below manufacturing, this venture follows Apple’s record-breaking $5 million acquisition of rights to Michael Lewis’s ebook in September 2023, surpassing earlier high-profile movie rights purchases.
FTX, established in 2019, grew to turn into one of many world’s largest crypto exchanges earlier than its collapse in 2022 when clients found billions in lacking funds throughout a mass withdrawal try.
Bankman-Fried was later convicted on fraud and cash laundering expenses.
Michael Lewis spent intensive time with Bankman-Fried earlier than the collapse of FTX, attending occasions alongside the previous billionaire, together with an FTX occasion within the Bahamas and even his home arrest.
Launched in October 2023, Lewis’s ebook rapidly turned a New York Instances bestseller, drawing readers with its in-depth take a look at Bankman-Fried’s life and the occasions main as much as FTX’s implosion.
Apple and A24’s Going Infinite adaptation is a part of an ongoing development of high-profile productions surrounding Bankman-Fried and FTX.
Different streaming platforms, together with Amazon, are growing restricted collection based mostly on the FTX collapse.
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