'Dumb Money' Trailer Showcases GameStop Short Squeeze Saga
By Jeffrey Harris on June 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM EDT
Sony Pictures has unveiled the first trailer for "Dumb Money," the dramatized film version of the headline-grabbing GameStop Short Squeeze saga that dominated the media throughout 2021. The film comes from "I, Tonya" and "Cruella" director Craig Gillespie.
It arrives in theaters later this September, and the film boasts an all-star cast. You can check out the trailer below:
https://youtu.be/bmr8YmwnZ3w
Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, & Vincent D'Onofrio Star In 'Dumb Money' About The GameStop Short Squeeze
The upcoming comedic drama stars Paul Dano ("The Batman," "The Fabelmans"), Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Dane DeHaan, and Shailene Woodley. Gillespie directs the film from a script by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. The film is based on the book "The Antisocial Network," written by Ben Mezrich.
The new feature frames the incident as a "David vs. Goliath tale," where some blue-collar, average, everyday people pulled the rug out from under wealthy Wall Street finance brokers and hedge fund CEOs by turning the retail game seller, GameStop into one of the hottest stocks in the world. Dano plays a married YouTuber, Keith Gill, aka "Roaring Kitty," who sinks all of his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. After his social posts started gaining a lot of traction, it changed his life and those around him.
After Gill's influence over the GameStop stock becomes a social movement, the Wall Street finance gurus attempt to fight back, turning both worlds upside down. The film appears to document Gill testifying on the incident before Congress. Marvel Cinematic Universe star Stan also briefly appears in the trailer. He portrays the infamous Robinhood founder and CEO Vlad Tenev. In real life, Robinhood, once halted users from buying the GameStop stock on their app, leading to widespread criticism and class-action lawsuits to be filed against Robinhood.
Rogen, Offerman, and D'Onofrio represent the film's Wall Street finance hedge fund manager CEOs, the rich people attempting to rig the system and control the stock market. Woodley portrays the wife of Gill's character, while Davidson portrays his brother. Ferrera and Ramos also look to be depicting blue-collar workers who also got involved in the investing of GameStop and made a fortune, besting the Wall Street hedge fund managers.
The way the movie frames the story as working-class people making money and getting one over the white-collar Wall Street types looks like a clever setup, and Dano looks like he will be the film's everyman hero. Filmmaker Gillespie has been a rising star since his success with "I, Tonya," his biopic about real-life skater Tonya Harding, and Disney's "Cruella" starring Emma Stone. He also directed several episodes of the prolific Hulu miniseries, "Pam & Tommy," documenting the sex tape scandal of Pamela Anderson and her ex-husband, Tommy Lee. Gillespie re-teams with "Pam & Tommy" stars Offerman, Rogen, and Stan for his latest film.
"Dumb Money" will be hitting theaters on September 22.
