Amazon has ordered a miniseries based on the collapse of crypto exchange FTX from the directors behind Marvel's "Avengers" franchise. According to film trade paper Variety, Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame," as well as Netflix's "The Gray Man," will produce the eight-episode series through their production company ABGO. The Russo brothers are also in talks to direct the series as well as executive producing. The series will be written by David Weil, whose previous credits include Amazon's Hunters and Solos, as well as Apple TV+'s Invasion. It will be based on "insider reporting" from multiple unnamed journalists who've covered the FTX saga and its founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. Describing the collapse of FTX as "one of the most brazen frauds ever committed," the Russo brothers called Bankman-Fried, "an extremely mysterious figure with complex and potentially dangerous motivations." Per Variety, "multiple Marvel actors" have been in discussions over roles in the show. Alongside the Russos, other executive producers on the series include AGBO's Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot, and Scott Nemes, as well as Natalie Laine Williams. Once one of the darlings of the crypto industry, FTX made headlines for its high-profile sports sponsorships with the likes of the Miami Heat, and partnerships with celebrities including Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen. Its founder, 30-year-old Sam Bankman-Fried, made the cover of mainstream business publications such as Fortune and Forbes. FTX's collapse took less than a week to unfold. After rival crypto exchange Binance began selling its holdings of FTX's FTT exchange tokens following unspecified "revelations," panicked investors began withdrawing their funds en masse from FTX. Just days later, FTX declared bankruptcy. By Stephen Graves, Nov 24, 2022, https://decrypt.co/115483/avengers-directors-bring-ftx-miniseries-amazon
