Dumb Money trailer reveals the people behind the GameStop stock squeeze

Have you ever wanted to stick it to the rich and make a lot of money at the same time? In 2021, a number of armchair investors and gamers did exactly that during the infamous GameStop stock squeeze. For a brief period, it looked like the proverbial little guy had taken on the hedge fund managers and mega stockbrokers — and won. Or at least until the stock bubble burst. This fall, Sony is dramatizing the entire experience in Dumb Money, and the first trailer has been released. Fair warning, this is a Red Band R-rated trailer, and there’s some very NSFW language ahead. The short and condensed version of the GameStop stock squeeze is that the amateur stock buyers realized that the hedge funds were betting that GameStop would fail. That’s why the hedge funds “borrowed” stock in the company, and resold it with the knowledge that they would have to buy back the stock at a later date. By driving the stock price up to unsustainable highs, the average investors briefly made millions while costing the rich a fortune when they had to meet their obligations. If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. As seen in the trailer, the veteran investors may have lost a great deal of money, but they were able to get the government to go after the amateur investors. And while some of the ordinary people struck it rich, others lost everything they had when the GameStop stock price came back to Earth. Dumb Money features Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Dane DeHaan, Vincent D’Onofrio, Anthony Ramos, America Ferrera, Myah’la Herrold, Nick Offerman, and Talia Ryder. Craig Gillespie directed the film from a script by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo, which was in turn based on Ben Mezrich’s book The Antisocial Network. Dumb Money will hit theaters on Friday, September 22. What’s happened? The first trailer for Sony Pictures’ upcoming film, Anaconda, has been released, teasing a wacky and bloody new horror comedy. Instead of a straightforward reboot, the trailer for 2025’s Anaconda follows best friends Doug and Griff, who, in a midlife crisis, try to remake the original Anaconda film in the Amazon rainforest. What’s happened: Director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) posted from the set for his upcoming sci-fi blockbuster, Star Wars: Starfighter. On Levy’s Instagram, the photo depicts actors Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray standing on what seems to be a platform somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. What’s happened: After the success of F1 in theaters this summer, Apple CEO Tim Cook told Variety at the Emmys that a sequel might be in the works at Apple Studios. “It’s definitely something that’s being talked about,” Cook said via Variety. “It’s been such a huge summer blockbuster for us. We’re so proud of it. The talent involved are such next level, and Brad did such a wonderful job acting in it. We’re super proud of it, and we can’t wait to bring it to the surface.”