By Scott Free, Tony and Ridley Scott’s production company, has just optioned David Liss’s novel A Conspiracy of Paper to be adapted by Recount scribe Danny Strong. The film actually seems like it could be pretty cool and different from the usual Scott Free staples. It concerns ex-boxer Benjamin Weaver in 18th century London, where Weaver finds himself embroiled in the growing world of stock speculation.
I know what you’re thinking. “Alex, that actually sounds boring. You’re a boring person. Die in a fire.†It’s actually, historically speaking, set in a very interesting time and place. The book concerns itself with the decaying market of mineral currencies and the beginnings of the stock speculation market that drives a very, very large portion of our economy. It’s incredibly relevant in these dark economic times, and I think that’s a large portion why the film is being made now as opposed to when it was initially optioned by Miramax in 2000.
There’s no word for a director yet, but if one of the two Scotts is actually doing it, and they’re not just producing, it definitely seems like more of a Ridley project.
[Via Variety]
Scott Free, Tony and Ridley Scott’s production company, has just optioned David Liss’s novel A Conspiracy of Paper to be adapted by Recount scribe Danny Strong. The film actually seems like it could be pretty cool and different from the usual Scott Free staples. It concerns ex-boxer Benjamin Weaver in 18th century London, where Weaver finds himself embroiled in the growing world of stock speculation.
I know what you’re thinking. “Alex, that actually sounds boring. You’re a boring person. Die in a fire.” It’s actually, historically speaking, set in a very interesting time and place. The book concerns itself with the decaying market of mineral currencies and the beginnings of the stock speculation market that drives a very, very large portion of our economy. It’s incredibly relevant in these dark economic times, and I think that’s a large portion why the film is being made now as opposed to when it was initially optioned by Miramax in 2000.
There’s no word for a director yet, but if one of the two Scotts is actually doing it, and they’re not just producing, it definitely seems like more of a Ridley project.
[Via Variety]