《The Altruists》 (The Altruists) releases trailer, Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle star in FTX Storm

ˆ Netflix has announced the first official trailer, stills and full cast of the limited series The Altruists.The eight-episode crime drama will be launched globally on November 19, starring Julia Garner as former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and Anthony Boyle as FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.

The series is based on in-depth reporting by New York-based magazine reporters Kevin T. Dugan and Jen Wieczner, telling the story of FTX's rapid rise and collapse.The story focuses on two smart, ambitious young men who want to quickly transform the global financial system, but are later accused of stealing $8 billion.

The trailer begins with Sam and Caroline discussing the mathematical all-in strategy. The two share the concept of effective altruism and hope to change the world.The camera then switches to luxurious residences in the Bahamas, busy trading scenes, and the crisis after an $8 billion shortfall in client funds.《The Wall Street Journal》investigations, media attention and legal pressure also enter the preview.

Creator, screenwriter and showrunner Graham Moore won the Oscar for screenwriting for The Imitation Game.Jacqueline Hoyt, who has worked on The Underground Railroad and The Leftovers, serves as co-producer and writer.

Moore said of the creation that he believed Sam and Caroline originally had a genuine desire to help as many people as possible.But over the years depicted in the series, the two continued to convince themselves and each other that they would eventually commit serious crimes.Hoyt hopes to present their conflicting motivations from a closer perspective to the characters, allowing the audience to understand why they are where they are.

Garner previously starred in Netflix's Ozark and Inventing Anna, and Boyle's recent credits include Masters of the Air and Manhunt.

The regular cast also includes Alex Lawther as Sam Trabuco, Karan Soni as Nishad Singh, Naomi Okada as Claire Watanabe, Zirui Hu as Constance Wang, Matt Rife as Ryan Salame, and Eugene Young as Gary Wang.Lawther has starred in The End of the F***ing World, Sony has starred in Deadpool, and Hu Zirui's works include The Brothers Sun.

Sam's parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Freed, are played by Paul Reiser and Robin Weigert respectively.Jennifer Gray stars as Sara Fisher Ellison, and Terry Chen stars as CZ.Maddie Hasson plays Lauren Remington Platt, Marianna Phung plays Lily Zhang, William McBowser plays Dr. George Lerner, and Jack Greenlees plays Will MacAskill.

Other cast members and characters include Hudson Williams as Duncan Rheingans-Yoo, Elizabeth Adams as Hannah Miller, Hannah Galway as Lucy, Donald Heng as Hot Steve, David James Lewis as Bill, and Jasmine Lukuku as Valerie.

The executive production team includes Higher Ground Productions' Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Jessie Dicovitsky and Vinnie Malhotra.Higher Ground previously worked on Netflix's Leave the World Behind and Bodkin.《 NEW YORK 》 Scoop Wasserstein serves as executive producer for the magazine and Vox Media Studios.Tonia Davis, James Ponsoldt, Lauren Morelli and star Garner also have executive producer credits.

The eight episodes are divided among five directors.Ponsoldt directed the first episode, Kyle Patrick Alvarez directed episodes two and three, and Mairzee Almas directed episodes four and five.In addition to writing and coordinating duties, Moore also directed the sixth episode.The last two episodes were directed by Silver Tree.

Netflix will release all eight episodes of The Altruists in one go on November 19.