The GameStop stock drama is being developed into a Hollywood movie

Feb 2 2021, 7:14 pm

Last week, GameStop’s stock price surged from $20 to over $300 because of Reddit.

Now, Netflix Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. are hoping to turn the phenomenon into a big box-office hit.

The film, which is currently in development, will follow an investing-focused group on a Reddit message board who joined together to boost the share prices of struggling companies such as GameStop. In the process, they crippled hedge funds that had bet against them.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. has already acquired the rights to The Antisocial Network, a book proposal from author Ben Mezrich that discusses how Redditors declined the GameStop stocks to a market value of more than $10 billion.

A second movie is also said to be in development with Mark Boal in talks to write, activist/journalist Scott Galloway in talks to consult, and Noah Centineo in talks to star.

Both films will follow the same story, but nobody is too sure of the outcome yet.

Alyssa TherrienAlyssa Therrien

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