GameStop’s moment in the sun as the world’s leading meme stock, and one of the main assets on Wall Street, has passed a while ago. But that means the adaptations based on a true story are just getting started – although there have already been several documentaries. A trailer in front Stupid moneya retelling of the story with a star-studded cast, was released on the Thursday prior to the film’s September 22 release date.
Stupid money follows Keith Gill (Paul Dano), a normal guy/streaming personality who bets his savings on a stock hunch and succeeds big time. More importantly, when Gill bets heavily on GameStop, he posts about it and inspires his followers to do the same. Suddenly, thousands of people are buying every GameStop stock they can, panicking billionaires trying to short the stock.
As for the story adaptation, there’s a ridiculously talented cast gathered on both sides of the class line. Together with Dano, Stupid money stars Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live), Seth Rogen (Steve Jobs), Sebastian Stan (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Shaileen Woodley (Big little lies), America Ferrera (Super store), Vincent D’Onofrio (Men in black), Nick Offerman (The last of us), and Anthony Ramos (Hamilton). The film is written and directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) and written by Lauren Schuker Blum (Orange is the new black) and Rebecca Angelo (Orange is the new black), based on the book The antisocial network by Ben Mezrich.