Director Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York, The Departed) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island, The Aviator) have both committed to an adaptation of The Wolf of Wall Street. This film will be the fifth time the duo will be working together.
The film is based on the memoir of the same name by Jordan Belfort. It chronicles his rise and fall as a Wall Street stock broker in the 80′s and 90′s. The script for the film is written by Terrence Winter, who is currently the executive producer of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
In the 1990s Jordan Belfort, former kingpin of the notorious investment firm Stratton Oakmont, became one of the most infamous names in American finance. Reputedly the prototype for the film Boiler Room, Stratton Oakmont turned microcap investing into a wickedly lucrative game as Belfort’s hyped-up, coked-out brokers browbeat clients into stock buys that were guaranteed to earn obscene profits, just not for the clients.
Unfortunately, Belfort has an insatiable appetite for debauchery and questionable tactics. His fateful partnership with shoe designer, Steve Madden, would land Belfort on both sides of the law and into a harrowing darkness all his own. The extraordinary story follows Belfort as he goes from hustling Italian ices at sixteen to making hundreds of millions and was wildly successful, at least until it all came crashing down…
This project is a perfect fit for Scorsese and DiCaprio, which is said to be like the Goodfellas of Wall Street. None of the supporting cast has been announced yet.
We will keep you posted as more details emerge about the project.
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