Behind the Money

‘Dumb Money’ writers on the GameStop saga

It has been more than two years since GameStop’s stock caught fire on social media, at one point rising 135% in one day. The new film Dumb Money chronicles how the GameStop saga played out. The FT’s Ethan Wu sits down with the movie’s writers, Rebecca Angelo and Lauren Schuker Blum, to get a behind-the-scenes look at everything that went into the film.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For further reading:<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/52c9498d-92ce-42f1-9a34-39bd3ab93505" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Well, actually: Our ‘Dumb Money’ movie review</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c78c71d5-2212-463e-8ea1-33a9ac518b93" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dumb Money film review —GameStop short-selling comedy hedges its bets</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/3d677a95-a40e-4223-a888-d6e621b3321c" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GameStop: from YouTube to Wall Street to Hollywood in Dumb Money</a>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Twitter, follow Ethan Wu (<a href="https://twitter.com/EthanYWu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ethanywu</a>) &amp; listen to Unhedged <a href="https://unhedged.ft.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>!  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/962357a7-20b5-4582-b41a-cb46fe6f0b74" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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