'Billion Dollar Whale' Series Adaptation In Works From SK ...

A series adaptation of the blockbuster novel Billion Dollar Whale is in development from SK Global and Beau Willimon's Westward. Skiptomaincontent ByDenisePetski DenisePetski SeniorManagingEditor MoreStoriesByDenise LupitaNyong’oExits‘LadyInTheLake’AppleLimitedSeries ‘HighSchoolMusical:TheMusical:TheSeries’RenewedForSeason4;Season3PremiereDateSet;First-LookClip YashaJacksonJoinsABC’sNationalParksDramaPilotFromRashadRaisani ViewAll November22,20214:11pm SKGlobal HouseOfCardscreatorandshowrunnerBeauWillimonandhisWestwardproducingpartnerJordanTappishaveteamedwithCrazyRichAsians’co-financierSKGlobaltodevelopatelevisionseriesbasedonTomWrightandBradleyHope’sbestsellerBillionDollarWhale:TheManWhoFooledWallStreet,Hollywood,andtheWorld.TonyAward-winningM.ButterflyplaywrightDavidHenryHwangisattachedtowritetheadaptationandexecutiveproduce. SKGlobalandWestwardwillfinanceandoverseeallstagesofdevelopmentandproduction. DavidHenryHwang CourtesyofGregoryCostanzo Writtenbyaward-winningWallStreetJournalreportersWrightandHope,BillonDollarWhalegivesaninsideaccountofMalaysia’sshocking1MDBmoney-launderingscandal,exposingthesecretnexusofelitewealth,banking,Hollywood,andpolitics.Thebookcentersontheheist’sallegedmastermind,internationalfugitiveJhoLow,andhisadventuresinHollywood(financingMartinScorsese’sTheWolfofWallStreet),andWallStreet(makingGoldmanSachsmillionswhiledefraudinginvestors).NowunderinvestigationbyauthoritiesinMalaysia,Singapore,Luxembourg,Switzerland,andtheU.S.DepartmentofJustice,thetheft—estimatedat$5billion—ranksamongthebiggestcasesoffraudinhistory. RelatedStory 'CrazyRichAsians'ProducerSKGlobalAcquires'Catfish'ProducerCriticalContent Publishedin2018byHachetteBooks,BillionDollarWhaleisaninstantNewYorkTimesbestsellerandwasnamedtheFinancialTimes2018BookoftheYear.Thebookhassoldmorethanhalfamillioncopiesinternationally,includingoveronehundredthousandcopiesinAsiawhereitremainsabestseller.WrightandHope’sreportingonthesubjectcontributedtoprosecutionsaroundtheworldincludinginthelargesteverbriberycaseagainstamajorbank.TheirinvestigationalsoplayedapivotalroleinMalaysianelections,overturningthedecades-longdominationoftherulingpartyandprecipitatingcriminalchargesagainsttheformerprimeminister. SKGlobal’sJohnPenotti,CharlieCorwinandMarcyRosswillserveasexecutiveproducersalongsideWillimonandTappis.Actor-producerMichelleYeohwillalsobeaproducerontheseries. “It’shardtooverstatetheculturalimpactofthisstoryinAsiaandaroundtheworld,”saidPenottiandCorwin.“It’sbothataleoffinancialgreedanddeceit,andadarklycomedicsocialsatire.Weareexcitedtobuildonthistalentedteamaswemoveforward.” “AtWestwardwearedrawntostoriesthatreflectthecomplexityofthetimeswelivein,centeringonenigmaticandsurprisingcharacters.We’realsodrawntodevelopinginnovativewaystoproduceworkinaquicklyshiftingentertainmentlandscape.WithDavidHenryHwangatthehelm,andSKGlobalatourside,thisprojectallowsustodoboth.Wewe’rethrilledtobeabletobringthisincrediblestorytolifeforaglobalaudience,”saidWillimonandTappis. SKGlobaliscurrentlyfilmingNetflix’sThaiCaveRescuelimitedseriesinThailandwithJonM.ChuandNattawut“Baz”Poonpiriyaco-producingandco-directing.ThecompanyalsoisactivelydevelopingTheBaccaratMachinewithAwkwafinasettostar,andanadaptationofCrazyRichAsiansauthorKevinKwan’slatestbestsellerSexandVanityinpartnershipwithSonyPictures. ‘SNL’StartsGenerationalShiftWithMcKinnon,Bryant,Davidson&MooneyExits;WatchTheirFinalSkits ‘DowntonAbbey2’OpensToFocusFeaturesPandemicRecord$16M;ThoughtsOnBroadFilmSlates&ZaslavEconomics RedCarpetProtestWithSmokeGrenades;TalkingPointsAtHalfwayMark;EthanCoen;Reviews JohnnyDeppToBeCalledAsWitnessForAmberHeard’sDefenseIn$50MDefamationCase SubscribetoDeadlineBreakingNewsAlertsandkeepyourinboxhappy. ReadMoreAbout: BeauWillimon DavidHenryHwang JordanTappis SKGlobal Westward Comments NoComments Loadingcomments... 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