MGM and Netflix already developing movies based on GameStop stock situation, which is still ongoing
Resistance to capitalist gainz is futile. The moment this whole GameStop-Wall Street thing became something middle-aged parents started asking their kids about, you should’ve seen this coming: Oh yes, there will movies about it, plural. Adam McKay or someone similar (white, man) will direct them. For now, Deadline reports that MGM was the thirstiest of all studios, winning the film rights to—and this is where it gets real fun—a book proposal. Not an actual, complete text, which is impossible because this moment in time is still very much unfolding, the full extent of its impact remains unknown, and a concluding event has yet to occur—this thing could drag on for months. Author Ben Mezrich (whose book about Facebook was adapted into The Social Network) has proposed a book about the ongoing GameStop-Wall Street situation. There are some really good TL;DR/Stocks For Dummies takes on it, including this one from The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah and this simple text version. Basically, a bunch of average people are screwing over some hedge funds and making money, and the millionaires don’t like it because it proves that the market is not actually free and fair and should be regulated.