Dumb Money is an upcoming American biographical comedy drama film directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich. The film chronicles the GameStop short squeeze from January 2021 and stars an ensemble cast featuring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen.
Dumb Money is scheduled to be released on September 22, 2023, by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Official synopsis[]
Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world's hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill, who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so does his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich - until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
Cast[]
- Paul Dano as Keith Gill
- Pete Davidson as Kevin Gill, Keith's brother
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Steve Cohen
- America Ferrera as Jennifer Campbell, a viewer of Keith's YouTube channel
- Nick Offerman as Kenneth C. Griffin
- Anthony Ramos as Marcus, a GameStop store clerk
- Sebastian Stan as Vlad Tenev
- Shailene Woodley as Caroline Gill, Keith's wife
- Seth Rogen as Gabe Plotkin
- Dane DeHaan as Marcus' boss
- Myha'la Herrold as Riri, an investor with Marcus
- Rushi Kota as Baiju Bhatt
- Talia Ryder as Harmony, an investor with Marcus
Production[]
Development[]
In January 2021, it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had bought the rights to a book proposal by Ben Mezrich about the then-recent GameStop short squeeze, entitled The Antisocial Network, with producers Michael De Luca, who also produced The Social Network (2010), the film adaptation of Mezrich's novel The Accidental Billionaires, and Aaron Ryder attached. In May 2021, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo were announced to write the screenplay, with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (who were subjects in The Accidental Billionaires and The Social Network) executive producing. In April 2022, Craig Gillespie signed on as director, with the intention of filming to start later that year around summer or fall. In September, it was announced that the film was retitled to Dumb Money, and production was set to commence in October, with De Luca and MGM dropping out, while Black Bear Pictures acquired financing and was scheduled to seek buyers at the annual Toronto International Film Festival. In October 2022, Sony Pictures bought the domestic and select international distribution rights to the film for $20 million.
Casting[]
In September 2022, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan and Pete Davidson were set to star; Rogen and Stan previously collaborated with Gillespie on the miniseries [Pam & Tommy] (2022), with Stan also having starred in Gillespie's film I, Tonya (2017). The following month, Shailene Woodley, Anthony Ramos, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, Myha'la Herrold, America Ferrera, Rushi Kota, Nick Offerman and Talia Ryder joined the cast.
Filming[]
Principal photography took place in New Jersey from October to November 2022. Filming was done in Morris, Essex and Hudson counties, with scenes filmed at Saint Elizabeth University.
Release[]
Dumb Money is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures and Stage 6 Films labels, while Sony, Black Bear International and other indie distributors will be releasing the film internationally. The film was initially set to be distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. A release date of October 20, 2023 was initially announced, before being moved up to September 22.
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