The whiplash-inducing rise and fall of American businessman Trevor Milton will be the subject of a new scripted project from Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, the Wall Street Journal and Story Force Entertainment.
The project — currently exploring both feature and series adaptations — is based on WSJ’s popular “Bad Bets” podcast franchise, which is currently airing a series subtitled “The Unraveling of Trevor Milton.” It follows the former Mormon missionary-turned-founder of electric vehicle startup Nikola Motor Company, whose misdoings were exposed by Wall Street outsiders and a ragtag team of whistleblowers. The story gripped listeners who witnessed in real time Milton’s recent convictions for securities and wire fraud. The adaptation will share narrative qualities with the Oscar-winning “The Big Short,” filmmakers added.
“It pops the balloon of fakery at the heart of American big business. First, a blowhard pumps up his stock by selling a dream too good to be true,...
The project — currently exploring both feature and series adaptations — is based on WSJ’s popular “Bad Bets” podcast franchise, which is currently airing a series subtitled “The Unraveling of Trevor Milton.” It follows the former Mormon missionary-turned-founder of electric vehicle startup Nikola Motor Company, whose misdoings were exposed by Wall Street outsiders and a ragtag team of whistleblowers. The story gripped listeners who witnessed in real time Milton’s recent convictions for securities and wire fraud. The adaptation will share narrative qualities with the Oscar-winning “The Big Short,” filmmakers added.
“It pops the balloon of fakery at the heart of American big business. First, a blowhard pumps up his stock by selling a dream too good to be true,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
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Twitter shares closed up 8 percent Wednesday, as Wall Street appeared to view the lawsuit filed against Elon Musk tipping in the company’s favor.
On Tuesday, Twitter filed suit against Musk to enforce his 44 billion acquisition of the company. Musk tried to walk away from the deal on July 8, saying Twitter was in breach of the merger agreement because of “false and misleading representations” the company made about the number of bot and spam accounts on the platform.
Twitter, Wall Street and others, however, believe Musk won’t get away with it.
“This now becomes a game of odds/legal analysis as the debate around Twitter’s case against Musk starts to get factored into the stock. We believe many investors spent last night reading the case and ultimately concluded that this Game of Thrones battle in court will result in some version of a Twitter win,...
Twitter shares closed up 8 percent Wednesday, as Wall Street appeared to view the lawsuit filed against Elon Musk tipping in the company’s favor.
On Tuesday, Twitter filed suit against Musk to enforce his 44 billion acquisition of the company. Musk tried to walk away from the deal on July 8, saying Twitter was in breach of the merger agreement because of “false and misleading representations” the company made about the number of bot and spam accounts on the platform.
Twitter, Wall Street and others, however, believe Musk won’t get away with it.
“This now becomes a game of odds/legal analysis as the debate around Twitter’s case against Musk starts to get factored into the stock. We believe many investors spent last night reading the case and ultimately concluded that this Game of Thrones battle in court will result in some version of a Twitter win,...
- 7/13/2022
- by Caitlin Huston
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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