Money Never Sleeps
The movie "Wall Street" was based in New York City, with the Hamptons thrown in for good measure. But the sequel will span the globe, mirroring the maturation of the global financial markets, which trade 1440 minutes a day.
Are you ready?
Just like his first love, Gordon Gekko never sleeps. One of the most enduring antiheroes of cinema's past two decades, the super rich trader from Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street is returning in a sequel which will see him as a far less parochial figure.
"Wall Street was New York- centric. Today the markets are much more global, hence the title of the new film, Money Never Sleeps," says Ed Pressman, the producer of both films
It appears that Michael Douglas is willing to reprise his role as Gekko.
Over the past few months, those talks involved Pressman and Lolita screenwriter Stephen Schiff visiting London and meeting with the likes of billionaire Vincent Tchenguiz "We are talking to Vincent to see how people behave in this era," adds the producer, although Tchenguiz is not the new Gekko, again to be played by Michael Douglas. "Originally, there was no one individual who Gekko was modelled on," he adds. "But Gekko was partly Milken."
Gekko will be older, but will he be wiser after spending time in jail?
Gekko who, we will learn, has been to prison following his insider dealing in the first film but a free man for the past eight years. He will also return to our screens as a more outwardly altruistic figure but, as Pressman admits, “a leopard doesn’t change its spots, despite appearances”.
The original Wall Street took in $60 million at the box office, turning a tidy profit given it only cost $16 million to make.
Good luck with the movie guys, and if you need to reprise an English version of Daryl Hannah, I vote for Kate Beckinsale.
Brace yourself, Gekko is back
Telegraph
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Wall Street-Original Movie Trailer
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