Topic: Amazon buys rights to produce and distribute an FTX miniseries (Read 147 times)

There’s a big question here why they need to do a miniseries about what happened to FTX, is this for educational purposes or is this a message to warn the public about the risk of cryptocurrency? For a crypto supporter like us, this might not be ok at all but lets see if this miniseries will be more honest and realistic. I wonder where they will get the data if SBF is no longer part of the company, or they already have the insider to watch out.

Very good points. Promote fear of bitcoin and also cash in big: two birds with one stone.

what i know about this kind of films/mini-series based from actual scenario is they need to ask permission from the main character, who is in the name of SBF to portray what just had transpired in his life or company. and the production company definitely will pay a good amount of money to that person or company. so if Amazon did really get the rights, then for sure, SBF will also get money out of this. this money may possibly help SBF also to get out of this situation.

There’s a big question here why they need to do a miniseries about what happened to FTX, is this for educational purposes or is this a message to warn the public about the risk of cryptocurrency? For a crypto supporter like us, this might not be ok at all but lets see if this miniseries will be more honest and realistic. I wonder where they will get the data if SBF is no longer part of the company, or they already have the insider to watch out.

Spreading fud and panic might be there as well, if they are planning to ruin the reputation of cryptocurrency, they wont succeed on this even if they tell it because the public already knows the importance of cryptocurrency. Well, I’m kinda curious on their possible way to produce and do a series, maybe SBF will be there as well to narrate the whole story, let’s find out.

I do not know what the real goal of Amazon is in creating this series at this time, but I guess that their intention is not good regarding Crypto in general and Bitcoin in particular, I expect that their ultimate goal is to show Bitcoin badly that it is unreliable and unsafe. This is their indirect goal.
The other goal, of course, is to earn money by making viewers salivate to know the details of the story that caused a sensation in Crypto, and its events have not ended yet.

Am I the only one who believes this may be used to further stigmatize Bitcoin and our community as a big scam by Amazon, while they pocket some fresh money?
I wonder how many inaccuracies will be in this mini series.

What a pile of garbage that is, it's become so cringy when they try to insert their quota of drama into everything it's just unwatchable.

According to this, amazon is hiring the production company behind the avengers infinity wars and endgame films to produce an 8 episode mini series about Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX. Apple also tried to buy up the rights to this but apparently amazon outbid them.

I find it more an attempt to milk recent events in the way Neflix has done it with F1 in "Drive to Survive". Just with actors. And for that a script mush be written fast.

If wallstreet history and culture are portrayed accurately, it could make for an interesting learning and entertainment experience for the public. Similar to Leonardo Decaprio in Wolf of Wallstreet. Is there anything that Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX bring to the table that hasn't already been covered by Wolf of Wallstreet? They have a polygamy angle and league of legend until you pass out binge sessions. What aspect of the story are they planning to focus upon as the most compelling component. Will Sam Bankman be portrayed as a sympathetic character or a misunderstood superhero given that they hired producers of the avengers.

I get the feeling that hollywood has tried to transform stories like FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried into blockbuster hits in the past. Although I don't remember specifics atm.

I get the feeling that hollywood has tried to transform stories like FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried into blockbuster hits in the past. Although I don't remember specifics atm.

I think in an 8 episode series they can cover everything, his biography, his personal life and, of course, the business.

And since it's currently unnamed, I want to suggest a name for it. I would call it "FTXed".

~ If wallstreet history and culture are portrayed accurately, it could make for an interesting learning and entertainment experience for the public. Similar to Leonardo Decaprio in Wolf of Wallstreet. Is there anything that Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX bring to the table that hasn't already been covered by Wolf of Wallstreet? They have a polygamy angle and league of legend until you pass out binge sessions. What aspect of the story are they planning to focus upon as the most compelling component. Will Sam Bankman be portrayed as a sympathetic character or a misunderstood superhero given that they hired producers of the avengers.

I get the feeling that hollywood has tried to transform stories like FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried into blockbuster hits in the past. Although I don't remember specifics atm.

Though the real world impacts of FTX’s spectacular crash have yet to fully settle, Amazon’s reportedly moving forward with a miniseries about the bankrupt crypto exchange and its infamous former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

Anthony and Joe Russo’s AGBO production company is attached to produce the show, and the brothers are reportedly considering coming on to direct multiple episodes. Variety reports that Amazon has tapped Invasion co-creator Dave Weil to executive produce the currently unnamed eight episode miniseries that details how Bankman-Fried co-founded FTX, and went on to lead the company to a liquidity crisis that ultimately resulted in his being ousted. While no showrunners or casting announcements have been made yet, Amazon is said to be eyeing a number of actors the Russos worked with during their stint directing Marvel’s blockbusters like Avengers: Infinity War.

In the years since Avengers: Endgame’s 2019 release, the Russos have largely focused on relatively smaller projects at AGBO like Netflix’s The Gray Man starring Chris Evans, Apple TV Plus’ Cherry starring Tom Holland, and The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once. A drama about a group of young people riding the crypto train right up to and over the edge of a cliff sounds very much like the sort of project that AGBO might be into, but it isn’t immediately clear what the Russos — who are best known for their action and superhero movies — might bring to this story.

In a statement about the series, Amazon Studios CEO Jennifer Salke called Weil and the Russos the ideal partners “to bring this multifaceted story to our global Prime Video audience,” and the Russos remarked on how the mess at FTX is ripe for dramatization.

“It crosses many sectors—celebrity, politics, academia, tech, criminality, sex, drugs, and the future of modern finance,” the Russos said. “At the center of it all sits an extremely mysterious figure with complex and potentially dangerous motivations. We want to understand why.”

According to Variety, specific details for the show’s story are being sourced from “‘insider reporting’ by a number of journalists,” but Amazon has not disclosed which journalists or newsrooms it’s pulling from. While are currently no other details about the upcoming series, Amazon is reportedly aiming to kick off production some time next spring.


https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23475998/amazon-ftx-show-sam-bankman-fried