SK Global, Westward Team For 'Billion Dollar Whale' Series ...

'Billion Dollar Whale' will be adapted by 'House of Cards' creator Beau Willimon's Westward and 'Crazy Rich Asians' co-financier SK Global. × Film TV WhatToWatch Music Docs Tech Global AwardsCircuit Video WhatToHear VIP Home TV News Nov22,20213:46pmPT ‘BillionDollarWhale’SeriesAdaptationintheWorksFromSKGlobal,Westward By RebeccaDavis PlusIcon RebeccaDavis Latest ‘TheMatrixResurrections’LeadsChinaBoxOfficeWith$7.5MillionDebut 4monthsago ‘BattleatLakeChangjin’SequeltoHitChinaTheatersinFebruaryAmidCrowdedLunarNewYearLineup 4monthsago DAZNNearsEstimated$800MillionDealtoAcquireBTSport 4monthsago SeeAll SKGlobal “HouseofCards”creatorandshowrunnerBeauWillimonandhisWestwardproducingpartnerJordanTappiswillworkwith“CrazyRichAsians”co-financierSKGlobaltodevelopaTVseriesbasedontheblockbusternovel“BillionDollarWhale:TheManWhoFooledWallStreet,Hollywood,andtheWorld.” SKGlobalandWillimon’sindependentfilm,TVandmusicstudioWestwardwillindependentlyfinanceandoverseeallstagesofdevelopmentandproduction. DavidHenryHwang—thethree-timePulitzerfinalistandplaywright,librettist,screenwriterandColumbiaUniversityprofessor,knownforhisworks“M.Butterfly,”“YellowFace”and“SoftPower”—willwriteandexecutiveproduce.OtherexecutiveproducersincludeWillimon,Tappis,SKGlobalco-CEOsJohnPenottiandCharlieCorwinandSKGlobalpresidentofTVMarcyRoss.ActorMichelleYeohwillalsobeaproducerontheseries. “BillionDollarWhale”isaninsideaccountof1MalaysiaDevelopmentBerhad’sshockingmoney-launderingscandalthatexposedasecretnexusofelitewealth,banking,Hollywoodandpolitics.WrittenbyWallStreetJournalreportersTomWrightandBradleyHopeandpublishedin2018byHachetteBooks,thebookcentersontheheist’ssupposedmastermind,theinternationalfugitiveJhoLow,andhisadventuresinHollywood,wherehefinancedMartinScorsese’s“TheWolfofWallStreet,”andWallStreetitself,wherehemadeGoldmanSachsmillionswhiledefraudinginvestors. Theestimated$5billiontheftranksamongthebiggestcasesoffraudinhistory.ItremainsunderinvestigationbyauthoritiesinMalaysia,Singapore,Luxembourg,SwitzerlandandtheU.S.. “It’shardtooverstatetheculturalimpactofthisstoryinAsiaandaroundtheworld.It’sbothataleoffinancialgreedanddeceit,andadarklycomedicsocialsatire,”saidPenottiandCorwininastatement. WillimonandTappissaidthatWestwardisdrawnto“storiesthatreflectthecomplexityofthetimeswelivein,centeringonenigmaticandsurprisingcharacters”aswellas“innovativewaystoproduceworkinaquicklyshiftingentertainmentlandscape.” “We’rethrilledtobeabletobringthisincrediblestorytolifeforaglobalaudience,”theysaid. SKGlobalisalsoatworkonthelimitedseries“ThaiCaveRescue”forNetflix,co-producedandco-directedbyJonM.ChuandNattawut“Baz”Poonpiriya,theNetflixseries“DelhiCrime,”twoupcomingfilmsforDisneyPlusthatarepartofIndonesia’sBumilangitCinematicUniverseandotherproductionscurrentlyshootinginSouthAfrica,FranceandMexico.Additionally,thecompanyisdevelopingtheproject“TheBaccaratMachine,”inwhichAwkwafinaissettostar,and,withSony,anadaptationof“SexandVanity,”thelatestnovelfrom“CrazyRichAsians”authorKevinKwan. RecentSKGlobalreleasesincludethefilm“HellorHighWater,”theAppleTV+feature“Palmer”starringJustinTimberlakeandtheIndonesianboxofficehit“Impetigore,”whichwasselectedasthecountry’ssubmissiontothe2021Oscarraceforbestinternationalfeaturefilm. ThecompanyhasoperationsinL.A.,NewYork,MumbaiandSingapore. optionalscreenreader ReadMoreAbout: BillionDollarWhale, HouseofCards, SKGlobal, Westward Comments Loadingcomments... 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