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Michael Lewis' Choice For "Flash Boys" Star: Brad Pitt
Brad Katsuyama played by Brad Pitt? We wouldn't have too much of a problem with that.
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Pitt is shit!!!!!!!!!!
Don't say that! He bears a striking resemblence to Tyler!
And, the part of BATS President William O'Brien for the famous CNBC shouting/lying match will be played by Rowan Atkinson...
http://www.theplace2.ru/archive/rowan_atkinson/img/RowanAtkinson4.jpg
I thought it was the "Big Short" that Brad was to play the main role?
They should cast Bozo the Clown for Bill O'Briens' HFT defense cameo
Brad Katsuyama played by Dudley Do-Right.
Now that's box office!
Humour at its best
First I wanna see The Big Short on the big screen.
... and Liar's Poker.
How about Edward Norton as a (more credible) alternative?
Ed's really close to Tyler, you know. Even more than Pitt.
Whereas Pitt is willing to only play the hero in almost all his movies, save perhaps 2, Norton is more than willing to "do what it takes".
While everything Lewis said in his book was said by others much earlier, the really important 5 books to read to understand and grasp the entirety, or gestalt, of the complete fraud-based society called Amerika today are:
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, by Matt Taibbi
All The Presidents' Bankers, by Nomi Prins
Extreme Money, by Satyajit Das
Treasure Islands, by Nicholas Shaxson
Retirement Heist, by Ellen Schultz
Michael Lewis's
Liar's Poker
The Big Short
Boomerang
Not just informative but fun to read. (Okay, Boomerang wasn't as much fun but still informative).
And get your kids to read Peter and Andrew Schiffs' How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes. Tell me how far they get into it before they get bored. ( I really like the book, but I do wonder whether or not kids would read it to the end. I hope to find out soon but I'd like to know what other's think.)
One of the most overrateed actors in the business, with a superlative PR flack to continually feed the media with stories of how "great" he is.
There are a thousand character actors that are better suited to this role in the Japanese stable of stars.
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http://psycho-drama.com/images/movies/top20/2013edition/cover-top20hotte...
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Or.... Pat Morita. Trades on, trades off.
Have Brad play the Ronan Ryan character, can use his "pikey talk" from Snatch.
I hear Mr Chow is looking for work
I nominate Peter North for the role of "Liquidity Maker"
LOL like money hitting you in the face!
Also, Sasha Grey can play the "Retail Customer" as she enjoys a good fucking.
Shit, this is giving me a great idea for a script and movie. I'm writting this all down and pitching the script.
How about the guy that played Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles?
Huh - you'd think they'd want someone who can act.
Good acting hasn't been a key ingredient to movie success for a long time.
How about a shaved Bernanke playing the role? That's it fellas, Let me get the punch bowl started.
Ending scene should involve plenty of shitgums.
the ending scene will be a nailgun shooting fest!
First rule of Flash Club is, you can't talk about it because, uh, it happens too fast.
oh the irony of it...... almost wondering if Michael Lewis reads ZH?
Everyone reads ZH. Only a handfull admit to it, though.
To who-m-ever is reading this, I'm quite fetching in person and I also am a very charming character actor, and I believe my titular talent is quite appropriate and would lend a sort of "gritty-but-well-bred" urbane realism to your whole production or simply, the scene of your choosing. I am located in NYC as well, and my rates are competitive, and moreover, I am self-fluffing. I am ready for my closeup!
- the Park Avenue Flasher
Put it back in your pants... Flasher...
His name was Michael Lewis...(I'm certain a banker type accident is waiting around the corner for him).
Jackie Chan - but he'd have to work on his English
and it should be a Kung Fu movie fighting HFT's
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe they could have Jackie fighting some HFT ninjas and he would have to train harder to combat their superior speed.
Edit: You changed your comment while I was posting mine. High frequency commenting is a bitch.
I'm actually just a self-aware HFC (High Frequency Commenter) algo-bot who likes to hang out with humans. lol
Sorry fellas, the only Canadian actor with Asian descent who is currently looking for work is Keanu Reeves.
It could be a sort of faux-sequel to The Matrix... nice angle!
Keanu Reeves?...wouldn't have too much of a problem with that.
This has got to be the most successful media book blitz for a non-fiction title in the history of the world.
Uh...I would certainly consider a spin-off TV show with action figure merchandising...
Roseanne Barr should play Mary Jo White.
"Brad Katsuyama played by Brad Pitt" lol when Brad Katsuyama will actually see this he'll LHAO. Guess they'll add up a little romance.
They wanted Stalone but he declined. :-) Not so unlikely, Schwarzie is hired for a role as a Gouvernor... sigh. where the reality, where's the fiction? is this guy doing his job or pretending to? It's like an endless spiral. Reality is sooooo complex.
The obvious choice is Masi Oka. He's a good actor and smart to boot. It looks like he worked at ILM for a period of time.
Needs the Coen Bros. treatment.
Brad Pitt was great in 'Burn After Reading".
yeah coen bros that s a great pick.
and clooney will be fine as bradsuyama. or eddie murphy, he does not have to play Reggie middleton.
Sum Ting Wong
Michael Lewis should have WB7 do images for the opening credits.
Except for the obvious problem. Maybe they could change the character's name to Katznjammer. Standby for comparisons to the casting of Charlie Chan.
The best thing about Michael Lewis’ writing is the sick irony and humor he injects into the financial tragedies he researches and chronicles. Like these passages from Boomerang, The Meltdown Tour.
“Everyone in Ireland had the idea that somewhere in Ireland there was a little wise old man who was in charge of the money.…And then they saw him and said, Who the fuck was that??? Is that the fucking guy who is in charge of the money??? That’s when everyone panicked.”
What about Rob Schneider?
John Milius for director... unless you want the movie to suck.
Tom Cruise. Top Gun on Wall Street.
Bryan Cranston
"Yo, Heisenberg! BOUNCE! Bitch!" - Aaron Paul
Brad pitt needs to be starring in a fight club 2
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/books/fight-club-2
Yep, you're reading this right. During the 2013 Comic-Con in San Diego Chuck dropped a BOMB when he announced that he was hard at work on a sequel to Fight Club... in graphic novel form!
"The sequel will be told from the-- at first-- submerged perspective of Tyler Durden as he observes the day-to-day tedium of the narrator's life. Because 20th Century-Fox created the convention of calling the protagonist Jack, I'm calling him Cornelius. He's living a compromised life with a failing marriage, unsure about his passion for his wife. The typical midlife bullshit. Likewise, Marla is unsatisfied and dreams of accessing the wild man she'd once fallen in love with. She tampers with the small pharmacy of drugs that her husband needs to suppress Tyler, and-- go figure-- Tyler reemerges to terrorize their lives."
The twists in the movie would certainly make this another good watch. But the question would be if the the original stars of the graphic novel reprise their roles?
Fight Club 2 release date is reportedly scheduled on 2016.
A sequel? Proving once again, that Hollywood does NOT understand their own movies!
His eyes are not slanty enough
What about Joaquim de Almeida as Jamie Dimon in next Hollywood Blockbuster :) http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=253355.0
Really? A blond guy playing a Japanese-Canadian? How about giving an Asian actor a break.
John Cho from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.
When will the poorly lit, grainy porn take titled "Flesh Boys" come out? That one will star Jack Black and Corey Feldman.
Hey, they needed the money!
Seriously, a white dude? How about John Cho?
How about Tom Hollander for Bill O'Brien?
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