Chloë Grace Moretz will star as Heather ‘Razzlekhan’ Morgan alongside Lewis Pullman and Ariana DeBose, in an upcoming movie based mostly on Morgan’s function within the $4 billion Bitfinex heist.
“Dutch & Razzlekhan” will probably be helmed by “Tetris” director Jon S. Baird, with a script by Logan Miller and Noah Miller, in accordance to Hollywood commerce publication Deadline. CAA Media Finance will organize financing and distribution for the characteristic. Pullman will play Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein within the movie, whereas DeBose’s function has but to be disclosed.
Primarily based on a 2022 Enterprise Insider article, the movie follows the true story of Morgan and Lichtenstein, a pair of would-be rappers and aspiring entrepreneurs who laundered over $4 billion price of cryptocurrency stolen in the course of the 2016 hack of crypto change Bitfinex.
The duo had been arrested in February 2022 and reached a plea cope with authorities the next yr; they face a most of 20 years in jail, based on a assertion from the U.S. Division of Justice.
Moretz most not too long ago appeared on display in Amazon sequence “The Peripheral,” based mostly on the cyberpunk novel by William Gibson, and voiced the lead function in Oscar-nominated Netflix movie “Nimona.” Pullman’s current roles embody Amazon sequence “Outer Vary” and “Prime Gun: Maverick.” DeBose, who received the Academy Award for Greatest Supporting Actress for her function in “West Aspect Story,” most not too long ago appeared in spy caper “Argylle.”
The movie is certainly one of various initiatives specializing in Morgan and Lichtenstein in growth. Earlier this yr, Amazon MGM introduced that it is creating a movie titled merely “Razzlekhan,” to be directed by Hannah Marks and produced by Lili Reinhart. A Hulu restricted sequence, “Razzlekhan: The Notorious Crocodile of Wall Avenue,” starring Lily Collins, can also be within the works.
The leisure business has seen success in recent times with movies and sequence specializing in failed entrepreneurs (Hulu’s “The Dropout” and Apple TV’s “WeCrashed”), finance bros (“The Wolf of Wall Avenue” and “The Huge Quick”) and meme shares (“Dumb Cash”).
With its outsized personalities and the huge sums of cash concerned, it is no shock that Hollywood has turned its gaze on the Razzlekhan saga—and crypto extra usually. Quite a few movies based mostly on the collapse of crypto change FTX are additionally in growth.
Edited by Stacy Elliott.
