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Julia Garner in Final Talks to Star as Caroline Ellison in Netflix's FTX Series

The eight-episode series, produced by Higher Ground, will dramatize the rise and collapse of FTX through the relationship between its co-founders.

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Overview

  • Julia Garner is negotiating to play Caroline Ellison and serve as executive producer in Netflix's limited series about FTX.
  • The series, produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground, will explore the personal and criminal dynamics between Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried.
  • Graham Moore and Jacqueline Hoyt are attached as co-showrunners, with James Ponsoldt directing the first episode and executive producing.
  • The project will comprise eight episodes, with filming anticipated to begin this summer.
  • FTX, founded in 2019, collapsed in 2022 after an $8 billion shortfall in customer funds, leading to federal investigations and the 2023 convictions of Ellison and Bankman-Fried.