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Hollywood's Race to Produce a GameStop Stock Movie
TLDR Hollywood producers are in a fierce competition to create the first GameStop stock movie, with bidding wars, intellectual property acquisitions, and strategic negotiations taking place to bring this real-life story to the big screen.
Timestamped Summary
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Hollywood producer becomes intrigued by the GameStop stock saga and sees potential for a great movie.
03:54
Producers in Hollywood race to create the first GameStop stock movie amidst intense competition and potential for multiple conflicting productions.
07:44
A producer races to acquire the right intellectual property for a GameStop movie script to gain an edge in the competitive Hollywood market.
11:26
Authors like Ben Mesrick have found success in Hollywood by selling the idea of a story in a punchy 10-page proposal, leading to bidding wars and lucrative deals for their books to be turned into movies or TV shows.
14:58
A bidding war in Hollywood for the rights to Ben Mezrick's book led to MGM offering a half a million dollars more than other studios, sparking competition with Netflix, HBO, and Paramount.
18:34
Competing with other studios to develop a script for a GameStop movie, Lauren and Rebecca faced a unique challenge when they realized that Lauren's husband was working on a rival project for HBO, leading to complications that ultimately got halted due to Amazon's acquisition of MGM studios.
22:00
Aaron hatches a plan to rescue the GameStop movie from Amazon's drawer by negotiating a deal with a new financial backer.
25:51
Aaron secures funding from Hollywood producer Teddy Schwarzman to fast-track the production of the GameStop movie, assembling a star-studded cast and beating out other projects to get the film made.
29:19
"Dumb Money" is set to be the first GameStop feature film to hit movie screens, highlighting the challenging journey of real-life stories making it to the big screen in Hollywood.
