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Related: Apple is reportedly nearing a deal for the rights to Michael Lewis’ upcoming book on Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX.[^1] Lewis is the author of The Big Short and Moneyball.

[1]: https://deadline.com/2022/11/apple-deal-michael-lewis-book-c...

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It is incredible that the guy has been shadowing SBF for months and this happens.

Are you seriously suggesting that it’s a coincedence and not deliberate action on the side of Lewis? It’s not like there has been a shortage of people being perplexed by FTX/Alameda’s ability to seemingly print money, and it’s not like he wouldn’t be able to smell a potentially great story ahead of time.

Lewis supposedly compared SBF to Luke Skywalker fighting the CZ Darth Vader. It seems to me the book was meant to be a hagiography like Flash Boys.

Im still surprised Flash Boys hasn’t materialized into a movie yet, maybe it’s a bit past the point of relevance now.

Moneyball and The Big Short were about major events that Americans noticed and cared about. Flash Boys wasn't. Most Americans never even heard of HFT.

I still think it would be a great movie, but it never had the same relevance.

That’s a good point, but a movie doesn’t have to be a blockbuster to be good or even successful. Plenty of movies have tackled similar niche areas. It’s not like Flash Boys would need a massive budget and probably couldn’t even successfully use big name actors.

There have been repeated attempts to get a movie out of it so I assume there must be some good reason for the repeated failure.

Hummingbird Project is basically the same thing

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