There is another project from Hollywood based on the GameStop saga in the works, this one set at HBO.
The pay-cable network is in development on a scripted project based on the “short squeeze” movement regarding GameStop’s stock that took place over the last two weeks.This one is from Jason Blum and “Billions” co-creator and CNBC co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Former HBO Films president Len Amato is also attached as an executive producer.
The project is being envisioned as a film, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.Here is the logline for the project: How a populist uprising of social media day traders beat Wall Street at their own game turning the stock market upside down and shaking the financial world to its core.Led by a cadre of Reddit stock traders, who were attempting to stick to Hedge Funds who were shorting the stock price for the gaming retail company,
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