Apple and art house film company A24 are in early development on a film about convicted crypto scammer Sam Bankman-Fried with a script written by Lena Dunham, Variety reported. The project will be based on the Michael Lewis book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon that many critics found overly deferential to Bankman-Fried.

Lena Dunham will adapt "The Big Short" author Michael Lewis' "Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon" about Sam Bankman-Fried for an A24 film.

Apple and A24 are in early development on a film adaptation of the Michael Lewis book “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon” with Lena Dunham attached to write the script, Variety has learned exclusively.

Lena Dunham‘s screenwriting debut came from the semi-autobiographical indie flick Tiny Furniture, which won her an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. After that, she created her own HBO series,

According to Variety, the Girls creator is in early development with A24 and Apple for a new film based on Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, best-selling author Michael Lewis’ account of the whole Sam Bankman-Fried fiasco.

Apple and A24 are working on a film adaptation about Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX crypto scandal, with the script set to be written by Lena Dunham.

Sam Bankman-Fried and the collapse of FTX is getting a movie produced by Apple and A24. Some are concerned the movie will be too sympathetic