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EXCLUSIVE: After helping tell the crazy behind-the-scenes story of the leaked Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape in Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, director Craig Gillespie looks to have found another wild true story to adapt for the big screen. Sources tell Deadline that he has signed on to direct MGM's feature adaptation of…

EXCLUSIVE: Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo have signed on to write MGM's adaptation of Ben Mezrich's The Antisocial Network, which tells one of the biggest news stories of the year, about a ragtag group of amateur investors, gamers and Internet trolls who brought Wall Street to its knees. MGM landed the rights to…

Vlad Tenev, founder of retail stock trading app Robinhood, told a House Committee on Thursday that "the financial system should be open to everyone," including frenzied buyers of GameStop and AMC Entertainment whipped up by a Reddit chatroom. He apologized profusely that a funding rule had forced the app to…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is doubling down on its investment in the GameStop story with a new documentary series from Emmy and Oscar-winning filmmakers Dan Cogan and Liz Garbus. The streamer has ordered and is in production on a series that tells the viral story of rebel retail traders taking on Wall Street – a David vs…

Propagate, the company behind Hulu's Hillary, and the Wall Street Journal are the latest companies to explore the recent GameStop financial saga. Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens' company is working with The Wall Street Journal Studios on feature doc This Is Not Financial Advice, directed by Hannah Olson, director of…

Hollywood is continuing to go crazy for GameStop with HBO the latest to get involved in a project based on the stock saga. The WarnerMedia network is developing a scripted feature film with Jason Blum, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Len Amato. Their logline: How a populist uprising of social media day traders beat Wall Street…

EXCLUSIVE: Even with the GameStop-Wall Street saga still unfolding, Console Wars director Jonah Tulis has started production on a feature documentary chronicling the Reddit-fueled frenzy that saw retail traders team send select stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment soaring. It’s the latest project to emerge about…

EXCLUSIVE: GameStop is the gift that keeps giving to the entertainment business, with a feature documentary the latest project in the works about the financial saga. XTR, the company behind You Cannot Kill David Arquette and Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, has teamed up with directors Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci on a…

Personal finance startup Robinhood will run an ad on Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast on CBS as it looks to repair damage to its reputation from its actions during the GameStop-AMC stock frenzy. (Watch the ad above.) Founded in 2013, Robinhood is a digital investing platform that bills itself as a democratizing force in…

Shares of the happiest of exhibitors AMC Entertainment continued an upward trajectory Monday fueled by retail traders on Reddit chat rooms, even as a leading Wall Street analyst downgraded the stock to 'sell' and valued it at $1. "In our view, the recent volatility and spike in the company’s stock, thanks to the…

EXCLUSIVE: Following one of the craziest weeks in Wall Street history, Hollywood already has its sights set on the wild story with a familiar face looking to tell it. Sources tell Deadline that following a competitive situation, MGM has acquired the book proposal The Antisocial Network from New York Times best-selling…

UPDATE: Private equity firm Silver Lake, which has been one of the biggest stakeholders in AMC Entertainment in recent years, has sold its entire position in the top movie theater chain after a dramatic runup in its stock. In an SEC filing after the close of trading, AMC said Silver Lake sold shares at between $14 and…