Julia Garner & Anthony Boyle To Lead Netflix Series About Sam Bankman-Fried & Caroline Ellison
- Netflix is producing an eight-episode limited series titled 'The Altruists' about Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison, starring Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle.
- The series follows the rapid rise and collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which filed for bankruptcy in November 2022 amid allegations of $8 billion misused customer funds.
- Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison, and Anthony Boyle portrays Sam Bankman-Fried, while James Ponsoldt directs the pilot with multiple producers including Higher Ground and Vox Media Studios.
- Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison in March 2024, and Ellison pleaded guilty, cooperating with prosecutors and receiving a two-year sentence in September 2024.
- Filming is scheduled in Vancouver from July to October 2025, with a likely 2026 premiere aiming to explore the complex personal and financial drama behind FTX’s downfall.
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'The Altruists' Casts Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle
The new Netflix show The Altruists will explore the world of cryptocurrency scandals and Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle will both have leading roles. The limited series looks closely at the sudden rise and destructive fall of FTX, the digital-asset firm handled by Sam Bankman-Fried and at its affiliate hedge fund, Alameda Research which was led by Caroline Ellison. Garner, who won awards for Ozark and Inventing Anna, is playing Ellison and Boyle…
FTX Gets Hollywood Treatment With Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison in Netflix Series - Coin Surges
Netflix will release a limited series dramatizing the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its leaders, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and Caroline Ellison. ‘The Altruists’ to Explore $8B FTX Fraud with Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle “The Altruists,” an eight-episode Netflix limited series produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, will chronicle […] Read Entire Article The post FTX Gets Hollywood Treatment With Juli…
FTX Gets Hollywood Treatment With Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison in Netflix Series – Bitcoin News
Netflix will release a limited series dramatizing the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its leaders, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and Caroline Ellison. ‘The Altruists’ to Explore $8B FTX Fraud with Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle “The Altruists,” an eight-episode Netflix limited series produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions, will chronicle […]
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