The sequel is in pre-production, called "Money Never Sleeps." Olive Stone to direct. Douglas in. Sorry if I missed this being mentioned in thread already. Just going to copy and paste: http://movies.ign.com/objects/904/904642.html "Sequel to 1987's Wall Street. Follows formerly incarcerated financier Gordon Gekko in modern times. Gekko, whose book Moral Hazzard has launched him onto the financial lecture circuit, meets a young, Wall Street hot-shot named Jacob L. Moore whose mentor committed suicide after rumors of insolvency destroyed his former company, KZI. When Moore discovers that a trader named Brenton Woods is behind KZI's downfall, he goes to Gekko for help in masterminding a revenge scheme against Woods. The only catch? Moore is engaged to Gekko's estranged daughter and must reunite the pair in exchange for her father's help. Taking place in New York, London and Dubai, the film is said to continue the financial thriller tradition of the original while also being incredible relevant to today's times. June 2, 2009 - Oscar winner Javier Bardem has reportedly been cast as the heavy in Wall Street 2 for 20th Century Fox and director Oliver Stone. Michael Douglas will reprise his Oscar-winning role as Gordon Gekko, now a disgraced tycoon who is trying to atone for his past and rekindle his relationship with his estranged daughter. Shia LaBeouf is now set to co-star as a young trader who is engaged to Gekko's daughter, a role that hasn't been cast yet. Deadline Hollywood Daily says that the No Country for Old Men star Bardem will play a nefarious hedge fund manager. The site also recaps some previously reported plot buzz: "Shia is a young Wall Street trader who's engaged to be married to Gekko's estranged daughter. Shia wants to be a major player, but his mentor unexpectedly kills himself, and Shia thinks a stock-shorting worldwide hedge fund manager is responsible. Shia seeks revenge on this villain." Shia's character turns to Gekko for help, who agrees but wants him to help patch things up with his daughter in return. The site adds that the Allan Loeb-scripted story "spans from June 2008 through the federal bailout." Wall Street 2 reportedly begins filming August 10 in New York City for a February 2010 release. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the...street-sequel-oliver-stone-back-on-board.html
Yawn, this sounds like one giant snooze fest. The plot seems to have nothing in common with the tagline "money never sleeps". Plus they ought to revise the script anyways. Dubai and London both have become obsolete in world finance over the last 12 months
This "Money Never Sleeps" story line I keep reading about is unbelievable! America is turning to socialism on a scale never seen before and we need help. It is quickly becoming apparent that those Fabian blacksmiths (responsible for Bretton Woods among other things) really have identified the chink in capitalism's armor: the new voting class who aren't owners and haven't bought into the system, economic populism. Today, more than ever before America needs an icon. Not a jailbird or apologetic author. We need to be shown money, green and gold. We need a powerful figure who has solved the money game and directs the pieces with true charisma. The Gekko we need commands respect. I won't stand for it if they think they can just script my generation's "monopoly guy" into some kind of lame duck washout. I can still thrive in a socialist society where "spread the wealth around" is a winning campaign slogan, but I will not stand by while they make this into a world with no heroes. Who's with me!?
If they want to emulate someone In international Trading for this secuel, they should go after Marc Rich and his real life huge trading web. Something like "President Clinton gave Gekko a chance for a third "do-over, and he flew to zug and started a Commodities trading web". from the article "the Rich boys":. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_29/b3943080.htm -Rich has spawned the most powerful informal network of independent commodities traders on earth. He did it primarily by funding spin-offs and startups around the globe for decades, and by training scores of traders who have set up their own shops. -Many of the Rich Boys' tactics may be hyperaggressive, but they're perfectly legal. One way they do business: exploiting opportunity in Eastern European or Third World countries in dire need of funding. -At times, some Rich boys apparently use front companies -- opaque holding entities -- to disguise deals. According to Senate documents, they have set up fronts with innocuous names such as Rescor Inc. or Plasco Shipping. Based in tax havens with strong banking secrecy such as Panama, Liechtenstein, and Gibraltar, they come and go like flickering harbor lights once a deal is done. -One reason the rich boys are so busy these days is because they thrive in a world of high oil prices and scarce reserves. Big U.S. oil companies are desperate for crude yet don't want to dirty their hands getting it from global trouble spots. -Rich and those like him are so successful because they'll do business with virtually anyone if there are big bucks to be made. Both Rich and Pollner's Taurus Petroleum bought Iraqi crude in 2001 through the now-defunct Zerich, according to MEES shipping records. Zerich was a front for various groups that received oil allocations, a CIA report says.