Variety has learned that Anthony Boyle will star opposite Julia Garner in a Netflix limited series about the rise and fall of FTX titled “The Altruists.”
Boyle will star as Sam Bankman-Fried in the series, while Garner will play Caroline Ellison. James Ponsoldt — whose credits include Shrinking and The Spectacular Now — is to direct and executive produce the first episode.
As previously reported, Netflix has picked up eight episodes of the series. The official logline for “The Altruists” states: “the story of Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye – and then seduced, coaxed, and teased each other into stealing $8 billion.”
Netflix also announced the news on social media: “Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle will portray Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried in the new limited series ‘The Altruists’. Two hyper-smart young idealists try to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye…only to seduce each other into stealing $8 billion”
Ellison was sentenced in 2024 to two years in prison after she became a key government witness legal proceedings related to the collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX; while Bankman-Fried is serving a 25-year prison sentence for various financial fraud crimes.
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