First ‘Dumb Money’ Footage Starring Paul Dano and Seth Rogen Is Like ‘The Social Network’ for Idiots (Video)
thewrap.comIf you liked “The Social Network” but would have liked it more if every character was an idiot, then “Dumb Money” is here to scratch that itch as director Craig Gillespie and star Paul Dano showed up at CinemaCon to provide a look at the first few minutes of the film.
Based on the book “The Antisocial Network: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees” by Ben Mezrich, the movie is based on the GameStop stock manipulation that turned a bunch of Redditors into internet folk heroes (for five minutes).
The movie opens with Gabe Plotkin, the head of Melvin Capital (played by Seth Rogen) standing in an empty Miami mansion talking with New York Mets billionaire owner Steve Cohen (Vincent D’Onofrio), who is freaking out over news that GameStop stock is exploding through the roof.
The film rapidly cuts to several random people getting excited over the stock surging as Cardi B’s “WAP” blares in the background.But for Gabe, it’s DEFCON 1 as he and Steve are scrambling to figure out how GameStop’s surge could possibly be happening.
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