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Ritters goal: to develop a life-rights relationship that would lay the foundation for a fact-based film.
He said, Look, weve got to do whats best business-wise.
But its not just, Hey, this is a hot story.
Its, Does this story have a bigger significance?
This one isDavid vs. Goliath: The Retail Traders Fight Back.
Its not just a cool thing that happened.
What it represents makes it a valuable commodity.
As of the writing of this story, the GameStop project count stands at nine.
RatPacs feature will be based on the Rogozinski memoirWallstreetbets: How Boomers Made the Worlds Biggest Casino for Millennials.
And theres a limited series titledTo the Moonthats being fast-tracked by the nascent production company Pinky Promise.
exactly the sort of traders the r/WallStreetBets contingent was hoping to punish.
Thats going to be a big influence for all the people that are working on this story.
says Matthew Cooper, a company co-founder who is also a producer onTo the Moon.
Two, we discovered that this is a story about people.
The events are interesting.
The outcome will be interesting.
So we saw a real opportunity to have our take on the story put those people at the center.
These things can be a big competition which is going to be number one?
We might be the first one because I think we do have the jump on everyone.
Producer David Klawans knows the power of high-quality, ripped-from-the-headlines IP about as well as anyone in Hollywood.
His 2012 Oscar-winning bio-dramaArgois based on a 2007 article published inWiredmagazine.
In Klawanss view, the likelihood of all these GameStop projects reaching public consumption remains slim.
I dont think theres room for multiple features, Klawans says.
But I think theres room for a doc and a limited series.
It can drive interest.Tiger Kingstarted out as a doc, which then led to features.
And the SEC is reportedly probing whether fraudulent social-media posting boosted GameStop stock.
Maybe the most interesting part hasnt even happened yet.
It might be happening in a month from now.
I mean, nobody knows.
Thats one of the reasons its such a hot story.
