The ensemble of the upcoming film version of Ben Mezrich’s best-selling novel The Antisocial Network is sure to leave a lasting impression. Black Bear Pictures announced today that Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogen, and Paul Dano have all joined the cast of Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money. This quartet ensures that whenever the film is released in cinemas, it will be the subject of nonstop Twitter chatter.
Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum rewrote the script for the screen. Do you remember when r/WallStreetBets made waves by taking on one of the largest hedge funds in the world in an attempt to short squeeze GameStop? Yeah. That’s the subject of this film. The story of David and Goliath ripped from the headlines and Reddit, that sparked a financial revolution that nearly toppled one of the oldest establishments: Wall Street, which is at the heart of Dumb Money. Stan will be working with me, Tonya filmmaker Gillespie again on Dumb Money. Pam & Tommy, which also starred Seth Rogen, was their most recent collaboration, and it was another ripped-from-the-headlines scenario. I
f you discover a director and a cast that clicks, let’s keep them together. Dano has received praise for his performance as The Riddler in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, and he will next be seen alongside Seth Rogen in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, which will have its world debut at TIFF and then open in theatres in November. Davidson’s career has flourished since he left Saturday Night Live, and he has starred in several successful projects since then, such as the recently released horror film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, the forthcoming romantic comedy Meet Cute, and his Peacock series Bupkis. Not for the first time, a film has been made from one of Mezrich’s novels.
The Social Network, directed by David Fincher and based on his 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, won an Oscar. Jesse Eisenberg played Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Garfield played Eduardo Saverin, and Justin Timberlake played Sean Parker in the film. Michael Heimler, John Friedberg, Andrew Swett, Angelo, Schuker Blum, Mezrich, Johnny Holland, Tyler Winklevoss, and Cameron Winklevoss, together with Kevin Ulrich, serve as executive producers for Dumb Money. This news comes just before Black Bear International officially launches the film’s sales at the Toronto International Film Festival.
This October, production on Dumb Money will get underway.