The Dropout, WeCrashed and how real-life business stories became hot onscreen entertainment

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Whether it’s fictional shows about the hedge fund world like Billions, or actual business books and podcasts, true stories of financial shenanigans can be as compelling as a Shakespearean drama.

Time was that business news was found almost exclusively on the business pages of newspapers. If those stories had an after-life, it was more likely that they would turn into a heavyweight business book, rather than a film, let alone a whole television series.

“I think complex characters have become particularly attractive and there are a preponderance [of them] in business.” “If you write a book, a big Hollywood person comes along with big white teeth and shakes your hand and says ‘I’m going to make a movie’ and they take it away from you,” said Hope. Project Brazen aims to let authors work on original journalism and retain more control over their creation.

WeCrashed chronicles the entrepreneurial rise and fall of WeWork's Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah.

 

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