
Aaron Sorkin May Write ‘Flash Boys’, From ‘Moneyball’ Author and Producer
Posted on Friday, June 20th, 2014 by Angie Han
The last time Scott Rudin had a Michael Lewis adaptation on his hands, he got Aaron Sorkin to help turn it into a critically acclaimed hit. So now that he’s got another Lewis adaptation in the works, he’s naturally bringing Sorkin back on board.
The Oscar-nominated scribe is in talks to pen Flash Boys, based on Lewis’ bestseller about high-frequency trading on Wall Street. Which sounds like kind of a dense, dull topic, but then so did sabermetric analysis before Rudin and Sorkin made it look interesting inĀ Moneyball. Hit the jump for more details.