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Money Never Sleeps Pal

For those of you that are not obsessed or those that are about to become obsessed with the movie Wall Street I have some good news.  The Prince knows that this story came out last May but he can’t let it pass by without a comment.  They are making a sequel to Wall Street and it is going to be called "Money Never Sleeps".  It will tell the story of an insider trading hedge fund manager.  Word on the street is that the hedge fund manager is best on SAC capital’s portfolio manager, Steve Cohen.  Michael Douglas, the infamous Gordon Gekko, a character many critics believe is the most famous movie villain of all time, returns to star in the sequel.  Michael Douglas won an Oscar for his role as a ruthless corporate raider and Oliver Stone’s poster-boy for 80s greed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The producer of the original film, Edward Pressman, has signed a deal with Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox to develop a sequel. The title is a line that Gekko speaks to Bud Fox on a brick cell-phone after claiming he made a few million trading gold in Hong Kong overnight.  Gekko’s maxims like "lunch? lunch is for wimps" and "greed, for lack of a better word, is good" are featured on this site’s first page randomly each day.  The movie was never a huge commercial success but it has a cult like following among professionals on Wall Street.  In fact, the movie’s fame has grown so much that the studio re-released a 20th anniversary Wall Street with extra features this year.  Douglas said he wouldn’t mind if he never had "one more drunken Wall Street broker come up and say, ‘You’re the man!’.  Screenwriter Stephen Schiff (Lolita, True Crime) is currently working on the script and is expected to complete it by the end of the year.  Unfortunately, Oliver Stone will not be returning to direct, despite Douglas and the producer hounding him.  Charlie Sheen, who played Gekko’s protégé Bud Fox, is also not expected to appear, as it seems there is no part for his character in the script.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For those who haven’t seen the movie (shame on you), Wall Street’s ending piece saw Gekko about to swap his tailored suits for a prison jumpsuit, after Fox sold him out. But according to Douglas, it is unlikely that jail time would have softened the raider with a penchant for suspenders and hair gel. "I don’t think he’s much different. He’s just had more time to think about what to do," Douglas told The New York Times.  The Prince doubts the sequel will be as good as the original but if it makes money it will be a success.  Remember, "It’s all about bucks, kid. The rest is conversation."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Prince’s Wall Street Montage

 

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