Julia Garner (Ozark, The Fantastic Four: First Steps) has closed her deal and will star opposite Anthony Boyle (House of Guinness, Say Nothing) in a new Netflix series about Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison and the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, titled The Altruists. Graham Moore (The Imitation Game, The Outfit) and Jacqueline Hoyt (The Underground Railroad, Dietland) will co-showrun and executive produce.
The series follows Sam Bankman-Fried and his girlfriend, Caroline Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye – and then seduced, coaxed, and teased each other into stealing $8 billion. The series is described as the wild romance of Gen Z’s own Bonnie and Clyde.
James Ponsoldt (The Spectacular Now, Daisy Jones & The Six) will direct the first episode and executive produce alongside Vinnie Malhotra and Jessie Dicovitsky for Higher Ground Productions,
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