If you’ve been paying attention to social media (or your own stock portfolio) over the past week or so, you probably have heard about the drama surrounding the GameStop stock explosion that has seen the general public attempt to screw over hedge fund managers with shocking, often hilarious results. Well, you can’t have a story this big without Hollywood quickly figuring out how to make it a film, and that’s exactly what Netflix has done with an upcoming movie about the recent stock market upheaval and social media’s influence on the world.
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According to Deadline, Netflix has landed the rights to produce and distribute a new film about the recent GameStop stock situation that is set to be written by Mark Boal, who is probably best known as the award-winning writer behind “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty.” The film, which Boal will reportedly write alongside journalist Scott Galloway (who serves as a consultant), will not only talk about the recent GameStop situation but will also focus on how social media has become incredibly influential in recent elections and other ways that social media has allowed for everyday people to challenge the status quo, for good and for bad.
In addition to Boal and Galloway, the film is also said to have Noah Centineo attached in an unknown role in the cast of the film. Centineo is probably best known for his work in Netflix’s “To All the Boys” franchise, and he’s considered one of the biggest up-and-coming actors working today.
For those unaware, GameStop, along with AMC Theatres and other struggling companies, recently saw its stock prices skyrocket after a social media group from Reddit decided to pour money into the company and artificially inflate the stock values to screw over the hedge fund managers and other sketchy investors that aimed to short sell the stocks for a huge profit. Now, those folks are expected to lose billions, while GameStop has already become an iconic meme with social media advocates that feel they’ve scored a victory against evil capitalists.
Again, it’s obvious this project is in the early stages of development, considering there isn’t even a director attached, so it’s unclear when Netflix is hoping to release the feature. That said, this is a very relevant issue to today’s news, so we’re going to assume the streaming service is hoping to get this released ASAP, before the story becomes yet another meme forgotten to time.