According to the Guardian there is also one movie, another series, and several documentaries potentially in the works
The series is one of several projects in the works on the high-profile financial saga. It was announced in November that Girls creator Lena Dunham will write a movie based on Michael Lewis’s 2023 bestseller Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon for Apple and A24. Amazon Prime Video has a limited series in the works from Marvel directors Joe and Anthony Russo and writer David Weil.
There are also multiple competing nonfiction projects: one from Vice Media and the Information on effective altruism, and another from studio XTR and director David Darg that promises “unprecedented access to key players at FTX and the cryptocurrency community” in Bankman-Fried’s home base of the Bahamas.
A third documentary from Fortune and Mark Wahlberg’s company Unrealistic Ideas will focus on the relationship between Bankman-Fried and one of his most vocal critics, Binance founder and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao. Bloomberg has already aired a nonfiction special on the debacle, titled Ruin: Money, Ego & Deception at FTX.
and another from studio XTR and director David Darg that promises “unprecedented access to key players at FTX and the cryptocurrency community” in Bankman-Fried’s home base of the Bahamas.
I don’t think this is necessarily related, but it should be noted that XTR is also currently making a documentary about the Zizians.
I think this is very hard to predict, and I just feel uncertain. Public perception seems to be really fickle, and I could imagine each show being either:
Negative towards SBF/Caroline and negative towards EA (it’s all tech bros feeling superior, e.g. here)
Negative towards SBF/Caroline and positive towards EA (they used ethics as “mostly a front” and only cared about winning)
Positive towards SBF/Caroline, and negative towards EA (they started as idealistic altruists and got corrupted by the toxic EA ideology)
Positive towards SBF/Caroline, and positive towards EA (e.g. making John J. Ray III and Sullivan and Cromwell the villains)
And for each of these 4, it’s not clear what the impact on EA would be, e.g. I think “The Wolf of Wall Street” probably got many people excited about working in finance.
I predict the documentaries will be negative towards EA, as was the vast majority of media on EA in 2023 and 2024, and I think documentaries tend to be mostly negative about their subject, but I’m much more unsure about the fiction series
According to the Guardian there is also one movie, another series, and several documentaries potentially in the works
Oooh, I’d better get to work on my SBF musical 😂
Eh eh eh.
https://suno.com/song/be4cc4e2-15b2-42e7-b87f-86e367c0673d
I don’t think this is necessarily related, but it should be noted that XTR is also currently making a documentary about the Zizians.
Oh man… this really make it sound like It’s So Over
I think this is very hard to predict, and I just feel uncertain. Public perception seems to be really fickle, and I could imagine each show being either:
Negative towards SBF/Caroline and negative towards EA (it’s all tech bros feeling superior, e.g. here)
Negative towards SBF/Caroline and positive towards EA (they used ethics as “mostly a front” and only cared about winning)
Positive towards SBF/Caroline, and negative towards EA (they started as idealistic altruists and got corrupted by the toxic EA ideology)
Positive towards SBF/Caroline, and positive towards EA (e.g. making John J. Ray III and Sullivan and Cromwell the villains)
And for each of these 4, it’s not clear what the impact on EA would be, e.g. I think “The Wolf of Wall Street” probably got many people excited about working in finance.
I predict the documentaries will be negative towards EA, as was the vast majority of media on EA in 2023 and 2024, and I think documentaries tend to be mostly negative about their subject, but I’m much more unsure about the fiction series