Film News Roundup: Winklevoss Twins, Greg Silverman Developing ‘Bitcoin Billionaires’ Movie
Dave McNary Film ReporterIn today’s film news roundup, the Winklevoss twins are coming to Hollywood via a Bitcoin movie, the Newport Beach Film Festival announces its opener and Mutiny Pictures becomes a distributor.PROJECT LAUNCHThe Winklevoss Twins — Cameron and Tyler — are teaming with Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures on a feature film adaptation of “Bitcoin Billionaires,” the 2019 book by Ben Mezrich.Jon Berg will also produce with Silverman and the twins, who became famous in Mezrich’s bestseller “The Accidental Billionaires,” the basis for the movie “The Social Network.” The brothers alleged that Mark Zuckerberg briefly worked for them and stole part of the code from them to launch Facebook, which reached a settlement of $65