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Doug Liman to Direct 'Killing Satoshi' With Pete Davidson and Casey Affleck

The Bitcoin conspiracy thriller enters pre-production backed by Ryan Kavanaugh’s Proxima alongside Aperture Media Partners.

Overview

  • Principal photography is scheduled to begin in October in London, with an expected 2026 release.
  • Nick Schenk wrote the script, which follows an elite cabal trying to keep the truth about Satoshi Nakamoto from surfacing.
  • Ryan Kavanaugh, Lawrence Grey and Shane Valdez are producing, with oversight from U.K.-based Production Lens.
  • Doug Liman describes a David-and-Goliath tale probing who controls money, while Kavanaugh frames the film as an exploration of what Bitcoin stands for.
  • Coverage notes analysts estimate Satoshi mined about 1 million Bitcoin that remain untouched, a fortune valued at roughly $64 billion.