Redditors Transform GameStop Stock into Global Sensation, Shocking Wall Street
- Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, invests his life savings in GameStop stock and tells others to do the same on social media.
- Gill's campaign leads amateur investors to buy up GameStop stock, driving the price up and squeezing hedge funds that had shorted the stock.
- The story of Redditors outmaneuvering Wall Street resonates around the world and inspires a dramedy film starring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson and Seth Rogen.
- The film 'Dumb Money' dramatizes Gill's story and the experiences of hedge fund managers caught on the wrong side of the short squeeze.
- 'Dumb Money' premieres in theaters on September 22, bringing the GameStop saga to a climax.