
A film adaptation of Michael Lewis'book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon is currently in the works. Apple and A24 are developing the project, according to a Variety report and Lena Dunham is writing the script.
A24 and Apple are co-developing and co-producing the film.
The film is based on the book which delves into the spectacular ascension and equally spectacular implosion of the cryptocurrency exchange and hedge fund FTX as well as its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. The book was originally released in October 2023 and went on to become a New York Times bestseller.
The official description of the book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoonreads,“When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system. Both psychological portrait and financial roller-coaster ride, Going Infinite is Michael Lewis at the top of his game, tracing the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own―until it all came undone.”
The company FTX was founded in 2019 and became one of the biggest and most well-known cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. It all fell flat in 2022 when billions of dollars went missing as people tried to withdraw money at once. As a result, Bankman-Fried was iindicted and convicted of charges of various types of fraud and money laundering among others.