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.

We may not be getting the liberal extravaganza of a “New Hamilton-Inspired Lena Dunham Web Series” that The Onion prophesied the DNC would launch in 2016, but we are getting the exact Lena Dunham project 2024 deserves. If you said “crypto,” uh, congratulations? You’re correct!

Lena Dunham will write the script for a Sam Bankman-Fried movie adapted from Michael Lewis's book 'Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.'

Apple and A24 have tapped Lena Dunham to adapt the Michael Lewis book Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon, which tells the story of failed FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The film is early development.

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,

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.