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Jennifer Lawrence to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Movie about Theranos

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Re: Jennifer Lawrence to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Movie about Theranos

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When Hollywood trots out an endless procession of superhero sequels dumbed down for a global audience you can complain about greed and lament that they've run out of ideas. When Hollywood mythologizes a real story that has captured the public imagination and is emblematic of our era, it's Hollywood at it's finest. It's Hollywood doing exactly what it ought to be doing but rarely does.

> When Hollywood mythologizes a real story that has captured the public imagination and is emblematic of our era, it's Hollywood at it's finest. It's Hollywood doing exactly what it ought to be doing but rarely does. The problem is that Hollywood sometimes "mythologizes" a real story in the vernacular, non-academic sense of the quoted term: It adopts a false narrative, often in the form of a conspiracy theory, which…

Hollywood didn't do that to Amadeus; Peter Shaffer did. It was a very successful play (and even further from a historical document) before it became a period movie.

JFK is another odd example; the movie was notorious as a departure from the historical record, and cemented Stone's reputation as a conspiracy enthusiast. Very shortly after the film was released, that reputation became part of the marketing for the movie!

Re: Jennifer Lawrence to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Movie about Theranos

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Unicorn Blood is an amazing title.

I hope John Woo directs it, so we could have a few slo-mo moments with Doves flying overhead while a greorian chant plays in the background (that's just the opening).

With a close up shot of a single drop of blood from a pricked finger falling onto a glass collector thingie (99% sure that's the medical term for it.)

Re: Jennifer Lawrence to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Movie about Theranos

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The article ends with "fall from grace of cinematic proportions" but honestly, what a dull topic. A bunch of people building some equipment, filing (or failing to file) paperwork, a few business deals without due diligence and Henry Kissinger. Unless they add some guns and car chases (not joking here, just hyperbole) it's hard to see how they could make any more than a 90-minute snoozefest. Dramatic music won't be en…

There's a few films that deal with vaguely similar themes:

Rogue Trader: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131566/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_54

Cheaters: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0218094/

Shattered Glass: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323944/?ref_=nv_sr_1

These are just 3 off the top of my head. There are probably other better films.

Re: Jennifer Lawrence to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Movie about Theranos

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We don't even know how the story ends! How can you write a movie script on this? I guess they want a trilogy?

> We don't even know how the story ends! I think Game of Thrones has shown that isn't a problem.

As long as Martin is still alive Game of Thrones will get an ending.

Re: Jennifer Lawrence to Play Elizabeth Holmes in Movie about Theranos

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Seems crass to do this so soon. I don't know what the reasoning is behind this and I hope they change their minds.

How is it crass? Are we supposed to have a period of mourning for the fraud that Holmes unleashed on the world with potentially life threatening implications?

I assume he finds it crass because the story has not finished unfolding and it's too early to completely condemn the company.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope John Woo directs it, so we could have a few slo-mo moments with Doves flying overhead while a greorian chant plays in the background (that's just the opening).

With a close up shot of a single drop of blood from a pricked finger falling onto a glass collector thingie (99% sure that's the medical term for it.)

"bullet time" style where the drop starts (and you can see an out of focus Holmes in the background turning to look over her shoulder as an FDA inspector arrives with a bunch of FBI agents and a search warrant, then the blood drop freezes mid drop, the entire scene rotates around and now you can see the face of a young Holmes in a Stanford laboratory class watching the drop hit the "glass collector thingie". Pull back to a wide shot and start from the beginning of her journey.

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> We don't even know how the story ends! I think Game of Thrones has shown that isn't a problem.

As long as Martin is still alive Game of Thrones will get an ending.

It's pretty clear Martin will die before he ends GoT
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