(Malaysiakini) Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World co-author Tom Wright has confirmed that a movie deal is in the works based on the book on the 1MDB scandal and its alleged mastermind Low Taek Jho.
“We are negotiating a movie deal at the moment, yeah. There should be an announcement very soon about a movie,” he told a group media interview in Kuala Lumpur today.
Wright, who remained tight-lipped about the details, joked that it would not be produced by Red Granite Pictures.
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It would be so much fun to try and guess who will be playing the main characters. Let me take a stab at it:
Meryl Streep can play anybody, any race even ... her turn in Into The Woods makes her a shoo-in for the role of R.
I am sure you are laughing already. Comedian Jason Leong is a dead ringer for JL (alamak, initials pun sama) ... put on another 20kgs, plus he already has the accent right.
This one's a bit hard. Dayo Wong can play LGE, with a more traditional haircut and a bit more Brylcreeem ... he will do a good job.
To me, Kent Cheng is one of the top 3 HK actors of his time. Picture him with solid black plastic rimmed glasses, minus 20kg, you got LKS.
The under-rated Michelle Williams can dress down and play Clare Rewcastle Brown with aplomb.
Ta-dah... the final starring role for N... none other than brilliant character actor Paul Giamatti. His looks is already halfway there. Now learn the accent well.
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a hit in the making ....
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