It’s been pretty remarkable to see how Zac Efron, once a Disney Channel heartthrob, has transformed himself into a wild and crazy guy. Between a couple of “Neighbors” movies, in addition to this year’s “Dirty Grandpa” and “Mike And Dave Need Wedding Dates,” the movies have seen him take going to the extreme to a very professional level. Now, he’s brewing up a project that could be his wildest yet, and is essentially a new riff on “The Wolf Of Wall Street.”
THR reports that Efron and Paramount (who released “The Wolf Of Wall Street,” which grossed $392 million worldwide, just saying…) are teaming up for “Straight For Hell.” The adaptation of the book by John LeFevre is being developed as a potential starring vehicle for Efron, with the book documenting the author’s wild, debauchery filled ride through Wall Street, which he also detailed anonymously via Twitter @GSElevator until Goldman Sachs found him out. Here’s the book synopsis:
Darkly funny, remarkably revealing, and utterly unapologetic, Straight to Hell is John LeFevre’s own account of his adventures as a globe-conquering investment banker whose career spanned New York, London, and Hong Kong. Sitting above the “Chinese Wall” separating investment banking and sales and trading, in a senior position with a unique vantage point, LeFevre did billion-dollar deals with sovereign borrowers, prestigious multinational corporations, and every bank on Wall Street, not to mention Chinese tycoons and Indonesian thugs, and shot up the ranks to be one of the most prolific bond syndicate managers in Asia. He also got banned from the Four Seasons, where he was living at the time, totaled his brand-new Maserati, and indulged in riotous debauchery on and off the trading floor.
Hundreds of thousands follow LeFevre’s @GSElevator Twitter account; Goldman Sachs launched an internal investigation into his tweets, and when his true identity was revealed, it created a national media firestorm—but that was only part of the story. Straight to Hell delves deep inside an industry that is both envied and reviled, taking you from the training programs, trading floors, and roadshows to private planes, shady deals, and after-hours overindulgence. This is not a moralistic tale of redemption. Full of shocking rule-breaking, frat-boyish antics, and win-at-all-cost schemes, Straight to Hell brazenly pulls back the curtain on the deviant and absolutely excessive world of finance. Also included are some of the best lines from @GSElevator, created and curated by LeFevre.
Prepare yourself and buckle up, because this is one of the most entertaining and eye-opening books ever written about the world of finance.
So, “The Wolf Of Wall Street” for millenials? Kinda sounds like it. John M. Phillips, who penned “Dirty Grandpa,” is writing the script, so you can probably get a sense of what to expect.