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Disrupt the blood. Hack the hate. In Mountainhead, written, directed, and produced by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong, these are just a few of the technocratisms bandied about by the four tech bros (played by Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Ramy Youssef, and Cory Michael Smith) who have gathered at a mountaintop redoubt for a good old-fashioned weekend of ketamine and contempt. Offstage, the world is literally burning, thanks to AI launched by one of the characters’ companies. Inside the compound, the chaos is construed as a scalable opportunity (“That’s why...

“The Altruists,” Netflix’s upcoming limited series about the Sam Bankman-Fried-founded cryptocurrency exchange Ftx, has added 10 cast members.

The upcoming series will star Eugene Young as Ftx co-founder Gary Wang, Madison Hu (“The Brothers Sun”) as Ftx COO Constance Wang, Karan Soni (“Deadpool”) as Ftx’s head of engineering Nishad Singh, comedian Matt Rife as CEO of Ftx Digital Markets Ryan Salame, Alex Lawther as co-ceo of Alameda Research Sam Trabucco and Naomi Okada (“Q Train”) as Ftx senior executive Claire Watanabe. All will be series regulars.

Additionally, Maddie Hasson (“Malignant”) will star as Ftx head of global luxury partnerships Lauren Platt and Paul Reiser (“Mad About You”) and Robin Weigert (“Deadwood”) will star as Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, the father and mother of Sam Bankman-Fried. Platt, Reiser and Weigert will appear in recurring roles.

These actors will join previously announced cast members Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle,...

Apple and A24 are in early development on a film adaptation of the Michael Lewis book “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon” with Lena Dunham attached to write the script, Variety has learned exclusively.

Apple Studios and A24 are co-developing and co-producing the film. “Going Infinite” delves into the spectacular ascension and equally spectacular implosion of the cryptocurrency exchange and hedge fund Ftx as well as its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried. The book was originally released in October 2023 and went on to become a New York Times bestseller.

The official description of the book reads:

“When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks,...

The Very Worst Thing that Could Possibly Happen, a fictional podcast from Wolf at the Door about a man who can write letters to his favorite deceased author, topped the Ambies 2024 nominations list with five nods, including podcast of the year.

Other contenders for the podcast of the year award include 50 Years of Hip-Hop (iHeart Podcasts), Can You Dig It?: A Hip-Hop Origin Story with Chuck D (Audible), Embedded: Taking Cover (NPR), Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University (Wondery), Ghost Story (Wondery, Pineapple Street Studios), Next Year In Moscow (The Economist) Questlove Supreme (iHeart Podcasts), Post Reports: The Empty Grave of Comrade Bishop (Washington Post) and Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas (Slate)

Last year, Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment’s Chameleon: Wild Boys, a podcast uncovering the truth about two young men who fooled a small town and claimed to have been raised in the wilderness in British Columbia,...