Money Monster

Money Monster
Directed by Jodie Foster
Produced by Lara Alameddine
George Clooney
Daniel Dubiecki
Grant Heslov
Written by Alan Di Fiore
Jim Kouf
Jamie Linden
Starring George Clooney
Julia Roberts
Jack O'Connell
Dominic West
Caitriona Balfe
Cinematography Matthew Libatique
Edited by Matt Chesse
Production
companies
The Allegiance Theater
Smoke House Pictures
TriStar Pictures
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Country United States
Language English
Budget $30 million[1]

Money Monster is an upcoming American drama thriller film directed by Jodie Foster and written by Alan Di Fiore, Jim Kouf and Jamie Linden. The film stars George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jack O'Connell, Dominic West and Caitriona Balfe. It follows a TV personality Lee Gates and a viewer Kyle Budwell, who takes Gates as a hostage after losing his family's money on a bad tip by Gates. Filming began on February 27, 2015 in New York City. TriStar Pictures intend to release the film in 2016.

Plot

A financial TV personality Lee Gates offers up stock advice on his hit show "Money Monster," is held hostage by a viewer, Kyle Budwell, who lost all of his money on following a bad tip from Lee during his show.[2]

Cast

Production

The project Money Monster was first announced by Deadline on February 7, 2012, when Daniel Dubiecki launched his own film production company The Allegiance Theater. It would be the company's first produced film.[2] IM Global would finance while Dubiecki would produce along with Stuart Ford.[2] The film is about a TV personality, Lee Gates, who is held hostage by a viewer, Kyle, who lost all of his money on a bad tip from Lee during his show. Alan Di Fiore and Jim Kouf wrote the script of the film.[2] On October 11, 2012, Jodie Foster was set to direct the Money Monster.[7] Lara Alameddine would also produce the film, announced in May 2014.[8] On July 25, 2014, TriStar Pictures won the rights to finance and release the $30 million budgeted film, whose latest draft was written by Jamie Linden.[1] Clooney and Grant Heslov were also set to produce for their Smoke House Pictures.[1]

Casting

On May 8, 2014, it was announced that George Clooney was director Foster's choice to star in the film as a TV personality, Lee Gates, but the deal to star was not confirmed yet.[8] Clooney's involvement was confirmed in July 2014.[1] Jack O'Connell and Julia Roberts were added to the cast November 14, 2014 to star along with Clooney in the film, where O'Connell would play Kyle Budwell, a blue-collar worker who feels he has no choice but to take Lee hostage on the air in order to increase a stock's value after losing all of his money on a bad tip from Lee, and Roberts would play Nancy Fenn, the director and executive producer of the program "Money Monster" and also as Clooney's love interest.[3] Caitriona Balfe joined the cast of the film on January 29, 2015 to play the head of PR for the company whose stock bottomed.[5] Dominic West signed-on on February 25, 2015 to star in the film as the CEO of the company.[4] Christopher Denham also joined the cast on March 4, 2015 to play a producer of the show.[6]

Filming

In October 2012, filming was scheduled to begin early 2013.[7] In July 2014, it was announced that the production would begin on the film right after Clooney complete the Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar!.[1] Principal photography on the film began in New York City on February 27, 2015.[9][10][11] Clooney was spotted on March 1 arriving at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Astoria, NYC to film the scenes of Money Monster.[12] On April 8, filming began on Wall Street in Financial District, Manhattan, where it would last for 15 days.[13] A scene would also be shot in front of Federal Hall.[13]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Fleming Jr, Mike (July 25, 2014). "TriStar Wins Auction For $30 Million Jodie Foster-George Clooney Pic ‘Money Monster’". deadline.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Fleming Jr, Mike (February 7, 2012). "'Up In The Air' Producer Launches The Allegiance Shingle With IM Global-Funded 'Money Monster'". deadline.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sneider, Jeff (November 14, 2014). "‘Unbroken's’ Jack O'Connell, Julia Roberts in Talks to Join George Clooney in ‘Money Monster’". thewrap.com. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Fleming Jr, Mike (February 25, 2015). "‘The Affair’s Dominic West Joins ‘Money Monster’". deadline.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kit, Borys (January 29, 2015). "'Outlander' Star Joining George Clooney, Julia Roberts in 'Money Monster' (Exclusive)". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Kit, Borys (March 4, 2015). "'Manhattan' Star Joins George Clooney's 'Money Monster'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fleming Jr, Mike (October 11, 2012). "Jodie Foster To Direct ‘Money Monster’". deadline.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sneider, Jeff (May 8, 2014). "George Clooney Eyed to Star in Jodie Foster’s Financial Drama ‘Money Monster’ (Exclusive)". thewrap.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Clooney Watch 2015 is underway in NYC as ‘Money Monster’ begins filming". onlocationvacations.com. February 27, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ BROWN, LAUREL (February 27, 2015). "Quiet on the set! Jodie Foster bundles up for the cold as she directs the first day of filming for Money Monster in New York City". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  11. ↑ "‘Money Monster’ Starring George Clooney Casting Call in NYC". projectcasting.com. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  12. ↑ MIZOGUCHI, KAREN (March 2, 2015). "George Clooney arrives to set of Jodie Foster-directed movie Money Monster for his first day of filming". dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Plagianos, Irene (March 5, 2015). "George Clooney's 'Money Monster' Set to Film on Wall Street". dnainfo.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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