Variety studies that Anthony Boyle (Tetris, Manhunt) and Julia Garner (Ozark, The Fantastic Four: First Steps) have been forged in Netflix’s upcoming drama sequence, The Altruists, as Bankman-Fried and Ellison. Govt produced by Graham Moore and Jacqueline Hoyt (who may even showrun the sequence), The Altruists will recount how Bankman-Fried, FTX’s former CEO, and Ellison, the previous head of FTX’s sister cryptocurrency buying and selling agency, Alameda Analysis, enriched themselves by defrauding FTX’s buyers. Netflix has ordered eight episodes for the sequence, and James Ponsoldt (Shrinking, Operating Level) is connected to direct the premiere.
Netflix describes the sequence as being about “two hyper-smart, formidable younger idealists who tried to remake the worldwide monetary system within the blink of an eye fixed — after which seduced, coaxed, and teased one another into stealing $8 billion,” which sounds correct, if a bit aggrandizing. Presumably, the present will cowl how each Bankman-Fried and Ellison finally plead responsible, and wound up being sentenced to 25 and a couple of years in jail, respectively. And if The Altruists actually desires to be seen as a critical, considerate piece of storytelling that isn’t simply mythologizing its central felons, it ought to in all probability contact on how onerous Bankman-Fried is now pushing for Donald Trump to give him a pardon.
(Disclosure: The Altruists is a co-production behind Larger Floor Productions and New York Journal/Vox Media Studios.)