Paul Dano takes on Wall Street in the first trailer for Dumb Money

There’s already no shortage of films based on real-life, historical events based around the stock market, but the first trailer for Sony’s upcoming film has it all. dumb money The film – a biographical comedy-drama covering the events of the Gamestop short squeeze – beautifully captures why we hunger for them so much. especially When it involves a David vs. Goliath-like plot where the “little boy” attacks the Wall Street establishment.

directed by Craig Gillespie I, Tonya (2017) and Cruella (2021), dumb money Here’s a dramatic recap of how a group of amateur investors on the r/WallStreetBets subreddit purposely inflated struggling GameStop’s stock in order to screw up hedge funds, which were getting rich while at the same time crunching it .

Many big names are associated with this project. Paul Dano as Keith Gill – otherwise known by his online alias – A former financial analyst who became the driving force behind the movement. Pete Davidson plays Keith’s brother, Kevin Gill, while Seth Rogan and Nick Offerman play Gabe Plotkin and Kenneth C. Griffin, respectively – two of the hedge fund managers involved in the incident. Sebastian Stan, Anthony Ramos, America Ferrera, Shailene Woodley and Vincent D’Onofrio also star.

Interestingly, Sony says so dumb money based on antisocial network – A book by Ben Mezrich on Gamestop Short Squeeze. good sign considering that Mezerich also wrote The Accidental Billionairewhich was later adapted for the big screen The Social Network (2010). There is currently no age rating assigned for the film, which arrives in US theaters on September 22.