Money Monster

Money Monster

Thriller from the authors of "Rush Time", "Treasures of the Nation" and "House of Cards". During another filming of a popular financial program, an angry investor broke into the studio, having lost everything due to the advice of the program's host, Lee Gates (George Clooney). Kyle Budwell (Jack O'Connell) threatens people live and blames the program for his terrible failure. Lee and his producer Patti (Julia Roberts) have to work against time to uncover the conspiracy of the rapidly developing world market and stay alive. The show's ratings are rising, but the patience of a desperate man has its limits. Read more About "Money Trap" it became known in February 2012, when one of the producers of the project, Daniel Dubecki, launched his own company The Allegiance Theater. The authors of "Rush Time", "Treasures of the Nation", "Dear John" and others became screenwriters. In October 2012, Jodie Foster joined the film crew as director. It was she who chose George Clooney for the role of TV presenter Lee Gates. In addition, Clooney is one of the producers of the film. In November 2014, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell were confirmed as Patti and Kyle. Later, the cast was joined by Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Meade, Olivia Luccardi, Chris Bauer, and others. The script of the film "Money Trap" was on the black list in 2014. It includes the best scripts of the year that were not filmed. Jodie Foster, who twice won the Oscar statuette for the best female role, is not the first to occupy the director's chair. Back in the 80s, she started with the series "Tales of the Dark Side", then there were several not very successful full-length projects, and again two series - the popular "House of Cards" with Kevin Spacey and "Orange - the hit of the season". Filming of the film "Money Trap" began in New York in February 2015.