Categories: Cryptocurrencies

Kurt Russell to star in cryptocurrency movie

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Currently shooting in New York, this is pitched as a thriller in the vein of The Firm and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It centres on a young anti-money laundering agent (Beau Knapp) tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in his remote New York hometown, where his father (Russell) and brother (Luke Hemsworth) are struggling to maintain their family farm in a changing economic landscape.

The agent quickly finds himself enmeshed in a dangerous underworld populated by a mysterious art dealer (Alexis Bledel), a cryptocurrency enthusiast turned cyber-sleuth (Jeremie Harris) and a corrupt accountant doing the bidding of ruthless clients (Vincent Kartheiser).

Producer Jordan Yale Levine says: “Cryptocurrency has captured the attention and imagination of consumers and entrepreneurs all over the world but has never been explored in film in such a nuanced and exciting way.”

The movie is slated for release in 2019.

Scott Thompson

Scott has been working in technology and business journalism for nearly 20 years, with a focus on FinTech, retail, payments and disruptive technology. He has been Editor of such titles as FStech, Retail Systems and IBS Journal and also contributed to the likes of Retail Technology Innovation Hub, PaymentEye, bobsguide, Essential Retail, Open Banking Hub, TechHQ and Internet of Business.