Reddit the big short movie#
Reddit the big short series#

вЂњYou have to be really focused on quality and distribution,вЂќ said Dan Cogan, an Academy Award-winning producer who is now producing a documentary series about GameStop for Netflix. вЂњConsumers do get burnt out on very similar story lines. вЂњItвЂ™s a race to be first,вЂќ said Gene Del Vecchio, who teaches entertainment marketing at the University of Southern California. But places like HBO need to at least try, because with more platforms than ever before,В вЂњthereвЂ™s just a dearth of stories and an over abundance of places that want to buy stories,вЂќ he said.ДЄmong those projects that do get made,В the clock is ticking. Schreger said of all the GameStop projects, itвЂ™s likely many will never get made. вЂњBuying the rights to, say, a magazine article, buying the rights to a book proposal, commissioning someone to write a script, thatвЂ™s research and development,вЂќ he said. Top screenwriters could get paid $500,000. Buying the rights to a book could cost as little as $25,000, Schreger said.

Reddit the big short movie#

Movie budgets can be tens of millions of dollars.

Putting time and money into a topic that so many other people are already working on is risky.В But New York University professor and former HBO Enterprises President Charles Schrager said studios havenвЂ™t spent the real money yet. Still, nine movies or TV shows about the same incident seems like a lot. The Great Recession gave us вЂњThe Big Short,вЂќ вЂњMargin CallвЂќ and вЂњInside Job.вЂќ Hollywood loves stories about Wall Street, its excesses and its Robin Hoods. вЂњBut then I talk to the subjects that I think are important in the story, and theyвЂ™re like, вЂWell, no oneвЂ™s reached out to us.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњThere are other projects going on people are announcing right and left,вЂќ Tulis said. HBO has a feature film in the works MGM bought rights to a book about the GameStop saga that wonвЂ™t even be out until the fall.В But heвЂ™s confident. Tulis is actively working on a GameStop documentary. I think thereвЂ™s a David and Goliath story here, but it really is about the people.вЂќ Tulis said the story has a classic appeal: вЂњSome were contrarian investment advisers who went up against these big guys. The apparently made-for-TV drama between hedge funds that had bet against GameStop and Redditors (and other hedge funds) that helped drive up the price consumed Wall Street for days and led to congressional hearings. And in a situation like this, it was a few weeks before I built these relationships.вЂќ вЂњNormally I spend a year or two with subjects, learning about them and gaining the trust where I can tell their story. When documentary filmmaker Jonah Tulis first caught wind of the GameStop/Reddit ordeal, he knew it was movie material.