The Russo’s allegedly said that FTX “is one of the most brazen frauds ever committed” in their reasoning for wanting to create the show.
An eight-episode limited series discovering the extrication and outrages behind sunken crypto exchange FTX and its leadership is scheduled to soon begin production.
The series has been procured by technology corporation Amazon, and will likely air on Amazon’s video streaming service Prime.
It’s understood to be based on “insider reporting” from journalists covering FTX and its creator Sam Bankman-Fried according to a report of Nov. 23 from the entertainment magazine Variety.
Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo, famed for directing Avengers: Endgame and multiple other Marvel-owned movies are reported to have sold the idea to Amazon and are slated to direct the mini-series.
Details are sparse with what direction the series will take, the source material it will draw from, and what time period and people it will focus on, with all of it still kept under censorship for the time being.
In their reason for pursuing a series on the FTX story, the Russos brothers told Variety that happened with the exchange “is one of the most brazen frauds ever committed,” and opined on Bankman-Fried:
“At the center of it all sits an extremely mysterious figure with complex and potentially dangerous motivations. We want to understand why.”
Amazon is scheduled to start producing the show as early as March 2023, and while the characters and the actors who will play them are unknown, it’s reported the Russos are in deliberations with prior Marvel actors they’ve worked with to fill the main roles.
The idea for FTX-inspired movies similar to The Big Short and the Wolf of Wall Street has already been joked around on Twitter over a week ago, with some members of the community already taking the initiative to cast who would play Sam Bankman-Fried, Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and other related players, such as Terra’s Do Kwon.
One Twitter user pitched the idea of “FTX THE MOVIE” on Nov. 12, selecting Wolf of Wall Street’s Jonah Hill to play Bankman-Fried, while comedian Jimmy O. Yang could play Changpeng Zhao.
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