{"id":21094,"date":"2024-07-12T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T14:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T10:15:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T14:15:21","slug":"motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Motive Pictures Adapting The Trading Game for TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Motive Pictures, backed by Fifth Season, has optioned the rights to develop economist and former financial trader Gary Stevenson\u2019s autobiography <em>The Trading Game<\/em> as a limited series.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Trading Game<\/em> charts Stevenson\u2019s rise from the streets of East London to becoming the top trader in the world for Citibank and his subsequent descent into depression as he fought to escape the world he found himself trapped in. It shines a spotlight on the financial industry and how it has shaped the cost-of-living crisis, as well as why the growing inequality is a danger to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>The memoir will be adapted by screenwriter Gregory Burke (<em>Atomic<\/em>, <em>Rebus<\/em>, <em>\u201971<\/em>), a former economics student himself.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Trading Game<\/em> has been published in 13 territories and was featured in the Sunday Times best-seller list for eight weeks, with two weeks at number one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to collaborating with Greg and the talented team at Motive on my story and seeing it brought to life on screen,\u201d Stevenson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I read <em>The Trading Game<\/em>, Gary\u2019s story seemed to me a perfect encapsulation of the dysfunction at the heart of capitalist society in the 21st century,\u201d Burke commented. \u201cIt is about an outsider\u2019s journey through one of the financial institutions at the center of the U.K. and global economy, and the moral and intellectual sacrifices he had to make in order to succeed. But much more than that, it shows how the individual becomes trapped and lays bare how the institution and the financial system it is part of has contributed to the economic and political landscape we are dealing with today. I cannot wait to bring his story to the screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lila Rawlings, executive producer, added, \u201cGary\u2019s visceral insights into a world that is far more ominous than we might ever realize, coupled with his defiant desire to change things, make this memoir so ripe for adaptation. And I have no doubt that Gregory will bring this brilliant story to life through compelling scripts that spark humor, sadness, shock, anger (and everything in between), just as the book does.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motive Pictures, backed by Fifth Season, has optioned the rights to develop economist and former financial trader Gary Stevenson\u2019s autobiography The Trading Game as a limited series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":21095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[5190,9350,9351,9352,3828,9353],"class_list":["post-21094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-fifth-season","tag-gary-stevenson","tag-gregory-burke","tag-lila-rawlings","tag-motive-pictures","tag-the-trading-game","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Motive Pictures Adapting The Trading Game for TV - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motive Pictures Adapting The Trading Game for TV - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Motive Pictures, backed by Fifth Season, has optioned the rights to develop economist and former financial trader Gary Stevenson\u2019s autobiography The Trading Game as a limited series.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T14:15:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T14:15:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/07\/MotivePictures-TheTradingGame-0724.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/\",\"name\":\"Motive Pictures Adapting The Trading Game for TV - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-12T14:15:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-12T14:15:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/motive-pictures-adapting-the-trading-game-for-tv\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Motive Pictures Adapting The Trading Game for TV\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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