Topic: [Collection Thread] Series and films in which Bitcoin (or Altcoins) appear (Read 25203 times)

2024 movie "lift" staring kevin hart
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14371878/


no mention of bitcoin but NFT mentioned a dozen times in first 20 minutes (art+NFT auction related scene)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15314262/

I'm not sure if they mentioned Bitcoin directly (I might have missed it) but in the new David Ayer "The Beekeeper" movie starring Jason Statham they mention cryptocurrencies a few times along with one mention of NFTs and blockchains.

https://www.polygon.com/24035803/beekeeper-david-ayer-interview-jason-statham


They might have done a deal with Craig on this for his life story or for his input on it but that doesn't mean other people can't make one about him. If someone wrote a book about him then anyone could buy the rights to that. People have made films based on articles before and the Andrew O'Hagan one was pretty good titled The Satoshi Affair: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v38/n13/andrew-o-hagan/the-satoshi-affair

He also released a book called The Secret Life: Three True Stories of the Digital Age but it was only part about Craig and featured two other works: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jun/11/secret-life-three-true-stories-andrew-ohagan-julian-assange-review

According to that article it seems they were trying to get Andrew to write an autobiography on Craig but it probably soured/backfired. Similarly, the same thing happened to Julian Assange but that ended up being released as an "unauthorized" biography instead.

Personally I just hope he gets arrested soon so there's a nail in the coffin on the story. Maybe we should try write a crowd-sourced script and then try get it crowdfunded. As I said before, I think the whole Craig debacle would make a great thriller, especially the bit where he gets raided by the ATO and flees Australia. Give a read/listen to the Satoshi affair article and the relevant episodes on the Dr Bitcoin podcast and you'll see what I mean.

I know, I've watched it as soon as I got off work, I knew I had to and yes it got mentioned a lot of times and it actually helps the story and the audience being engaged because the antagonists or the bad guys aren't dumb or isn't using any unfamiliar word or stuff as a means of ransom. So refreshing to watch an action film that's not explosive at the end or a bad ending or a cliffhanger, just a generic good ending for the good guys and talking about the things they want to do and what they've done throughout the film plus Aaron Eckhart is a really great actor, loved his Two-Face in the Dark Knight Trilogy.

big movie producers dont buy geek movies about inventors
they buy movies about fraud, deceit, con-artists, scammers, psychopaths,

think about it
real satoshi story: guy patches ideas together of monetary system makes white paper, releases code, others edit code. someone buys pizza to monetise units created. ........ doesnt fit any action,thriller,drama category.. so no engagement with big producers

csw story: con man scams millions of people for $millions. fakes inventing things, takes people to court and loses.... sounds more like a thriller, drama to me.. so more engaging with big producers

I just hope they are not naive enough to go with any movies/books etc, because guess what? We have all of his post history lies and deceptions archived to have a laugh at when the time comes. This idea could work before dig, but now that dig is here, fraud and deception will not be tolerated. 😉

CSW's investors(mainly macgregor and ayres) own the licencing to do book/movie deals. and have never been interested in investment ROI from "satoshi stash" due to them deep down knowing he isnt satoshi. they have however kept up the rouse to keep the drama alive as it has potential money making use of story telling of conference tours, books, movies and even court cases

so yes there will be many books and movies.. but right now the investors of CSW dont want to low ball their story versions to some cheap documentarian. they are hoping for big movie production phone calls asking to buy the story

ayres has since 2020 been video documenting scenes hoping to pitch to movie producers..
https://cryptopotato.com/calvin-ayre-to-film-a-movie-proving-craig-wright-is-satoshi-nakamoto/
still not happening yet, he hasnt got any big budget movie deals yet, but would sue anyone else who tries without their permission
..
even later sequels that then turn the story from supposed inventor to fraudster (admitting the rouse and con games) and then showing the frauds of ATO and other things.. its all revenue generation in CSW's investors eyes.. so good or bad they win

Be careful what you wish for. We probably won't get a biopic about the true Satoshi as nobody really knows much about him for sure, but it wouldn't surprise me if Faketoshi tries to get a film made about himself. I saw there's a biography about him coming out later this year: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hero-Villain-Satoshi-Built-Bitcoin/dp/B0CM281JKM


That could certainly get optioned for a movie, though I'm hoping a movie about Craig's fradulence will come out before that. The Dr Bitcoin podcast also have their own book coming out this year called Faketoshi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngS6_EHFrf4

I've always thought the debacle with Craig when he left Australia as he was raided by the ATO would make qood film. It certainly read like a thriller.

i wasnt paying attention to the movie, another person was watching it in another room and i only over heard the part i mentioned and it perked my ears up to ask them to tell me timestamp of scene.

i normally pay attention when the words "bitcoin" are mentioned and less so when "crypto" or "wallet" are mentioned.
however i might edit my post to include all subtitle inclusions of bitcoin from the movie

Bitcoin is actually mentioned several times in the film, and even a hardware wallet (Ledger type) appears. The bad guys demand $100 million in BTC not to reveal some secrets, and when our bricklayer connects the HW to the computer, a transaction is initiated that transfers BTC from the device.

That's such a significant part that bitcoin is mentioned, bitcoin's not just a sort of passing thought of some side character or the main character or even a quip to to add in to the dialogue, it's a McGuffin now which is an awesome thing. When will we see an absurdist fictional biopic of the life of Satoshi? I like it to be directed by Wes Anderson or Greta Gerwig to make the absurdist feeling accentuated. I edited the bolded part

movie: the bricklayer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2016303/



edit
00:37:38 -00:37:46
"To prevent this I demand payment of one hundred million US dollars in Bitcoin.
hardware wallet delivery"

01:15:09 - 01:15:11
"The bitcoin is loaded onto the flash drive."


1:27:49-1:27:49
woman: "we found Radeks laptop in the van, the bitcoin wallet wasnt there"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30317302/


If its not broke don't fix it. This thread seems fine to me but if you wanted to run an additional spreadsheet I don't see anything wrong with that but I certainly don't think it's necessary.

if you want different lists/mentions prioritised:
id say format the OP to include all mentions so far.. then lock the topic for posterity. then create a new topic that includes all mentions in OP with a better guide to what specific mentions you want in future

if however you just want to continue as is:
then just continue in this topic

you could also create a google drive doc to allow searches. but most people on this forum dont want to see a topic with no substance/info and be told to visit google for info(ive tried for years to get people to use google to find data, it never goes well, they just want to read whatever they see on the forum as gospel)

I think it is important to maintain a list, even if bitcoin is becoming more and more mainstream. It remains interesting to keep track of the films and series where it is mentioned and featured. It has a sort of historical value, and a list is the best way to do it because it is easier and more practical than to read every post in this thread.
In my opinion, the best option would be an external list (or even maybe a website) that could be updated by a few serious contributors based on the propositions here, and after verification. I have no idea how it could be done, and if it would be easy, but I think it could be great to have something like that.

After some time of less activity here in the forum, I will now be regularly active again. For this reason, I'm thinking about redesigning this thread or even restarting it from scratch. I'm just wondering in which format I should do this, since Bitcoin and crypto are now anchored in the mainstream and there are a lot of mentions in films/series, unlike when I started the thread a few years ago .

Do you have any ideas on how to start a new thread? Should the list still be in the OP or should I keep an external list (e.g. Google Spreadsheets) to have the opportunity to sort/filter? Or should we no longer keep a list at all and just continue the course of the thread with the mentions as documentation?

Bitcon (2022) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14463198/



Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwbIhXrJhIw

https://enspiremag.com/2022/09/bitcon-movie-to-be-released-this-october/


Well I think that would go without saying  .

Crypto mentioned in the series Billions S07E10 at 35min30.

NFT mentioned in the movie Old Dads on Netflix at around 44min.

I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned this Netflix documentary “Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King” which came in 2022. From the name, you can tell for sure that it is centered on cryptocurrency, however, I did not enjoy watching. Maybe it’s me but I got bored after all the excitement that I was going to watch something based on cryptocurrency. I’m also not sure how possible it is, it would have been great to add the ratings of these movies included in the thread.

Bitcoin is mentioned in The Killer, on Netflix, by David Fincher, at 1:41:30 --> "Yo Clay, what about this Bitcoin deal? Clay, what's a short sell?"
Do not short, do not long, HODL!!

Oh my, Cryptocurrency is mentioned in the last Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, that's huge:

- At 37 min, Ethan Hunt/Tom Cruise stops a girl in an airport, pickpockets a flash drive from her and says that there 4 millions in crypto on it.

- Then at around 2 hours and 6 minutes, a strange transaction takes place: someone has to pay 100 millions USD in crypto to the same girl (who is now disguised in another girl, anyway that's bs) and she has to enter her IBAN on an app (wut?), which then take an awful lot of time... "decrypting Blockchain" - I swear it's written as is. They clearly did not put a lot of work into this. NGMI.