Wallstreetbets and GameStop saga set for Hollywood treatment in new film

Wallstreetbets and GameStop saga set for Hollywood treatment in new film

A major Hollywood studio has won the rights to turn the r/Wallstreetbets saga into a movie — less than a week after the GameStop short squeeze. The r/Wallstreetbets saga which saw a group of Redditors join forces to extract billions from Wall Street hedge funds is set to be turned into a movie. As reported by Deadline on Jan. 31, a newly proposed book by The Social Network author, Ben Mezrich, was subject to a bidding war between major Hollywood studios, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer winning out in the end. The project will reunite Mezrich with MGM producer Michael DeLuca, who also produced the....


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