Billionaire Boys Club (2017 film)

Billionaire Boys Club is an upcoming American biographical crime-drama film directed by James Cox and co-written with Captain Mauzner. The film stars Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, Kevin Spacey, Cary Elwes, Emma Roberts, Suki Waterhouse, Judd Nelson and Billie Lourd. Principal photography began on December 7, 2015 in New Orleans.

It is based on the real-life Billionaire Boys Club active in Southern California during the 1980s.

Plot

The film is set in the early 1980s and follows a group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles who set up a get rich quick scam that leads to deadly consequences for them and others around them.

Cast

• Ansel Elgort as Joe Hunt
• Taron Egerton as Dean Karny
• Kevin Spacey as Ron Levin
• Jeremy Irvine as Kyle Biltmore
• Cary Elwes as Andy Warhol
• Emma Roberts as Sydney, Hunt’s love interest
• Billie Lourd as Rosanna, Biltmore's love interest
• Suki Waterhouse as Quintana, Karny’s love interest
• Judd Nelson as Ryan Hunt
• Brando Marler as Thurston Factory Artist
• Ryan Rottman as Scott
• Carmen Illán as Samedi's wife
• Thomas Cocquerel
• Bokeem Woodbine
• Kevin Bratcher as Guy Hitting on Cougar
• Maurice Johnson as Detective #2

Production

On May 13, 2010, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that James Cox would next direct a crime thriller film Billionaire Boys Club, the true story of a group of rich young boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s who started the Billionaire Boys Club to run a Ponzi scheme.^[2] Cox wrote the script in four months after an exclusive research of the events with his brother Stephen, who spent another four months on it.^[2] Cox gathered the material for the screenplay from court documents, oral transcripts, and published articles. He said, "as we were writing this, I thought, 'What if 'Wall Street' became 'Alpha Dog' halfway through?" Holly Wiersma would produce the film.^[2]

On October 29, 2015, Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton joined the film's cast, with Elgort playing Joe Hunt, the group leader and financial expert, and Egerton playing Dean Karny, a pro tennis player.^[3][4] Captain Mauzner also co-wrote the script along with Cox, while producers on the film would be Wiersma and Cassian Elwes. The film would be financed by Armory Films, and Good Universe would handle the international sales.^[4]

On November 3, 2015, Kevin Spacey signed on to play a Beverly Hills high roller, Ron Levin.^[5] On November 5, 2015, Emma Roberts was added to the cast to portray Sydney, the love interest of Hunt.^[6] On November 24, 2015, Suki Waterhouse was cast to play Quintana, the love interest of Karny.^[7]

On December 5, 2015, Variety reported that Judd Nelson, who originally played Joe Hunt in the 1987 film Billionaire Boys Club, would play the role of Ryan Hunt, Joe's father in this film.^[8] On December 7, 2015, Ryan Rottman joined the cast of the film to play Scott, one of the two handsome twins adopted by the owner of Maybelline, who first invested in the Club.^[9] On December 8, 2015, Thomas Cocquerel joined the film.^[10]

Principal photography began on December 7, 2015, in New Orleans.^[1][11][12] The film will wrap on January 22, 2016. With re-shoots taking place in November of the same year. ^[1] On December 15, 2015, Variety reported that Bokeem Woodbine, Billie Lourd and Jeremy Irvine had joined the cast of the film, with Irvine playing Kyle Biltmore, one of the members of the Billionaire Boys Club, Lourd as Rosanna, his love interest, and Woodbine as a club bouncer who becomes involved in the club's doings.^[13]

References

External links

• Billionaire Boys Club at the Internet Movie Database