Even though Elsbeth has been officially renewed for a second season, and all fans of the quirky and chaotic investigator will see her again, that doesn't mean there won't be a long hiatus. Now, back to the normal television schedule, the second season of the show will premiere in the fall, at the beginning of the new 2024/25 season.
If you don't remember seeing Carrie Preston before, or your knowledge is limited by The Good Wife and The Good Fight, which were Elsbeth's predecessors, here's the list of movies and TV shows to fill in the blanks and watch before season 2 arrives.
And Then I Go (2017)
Even though Carrie Preston's role in this movie is very small, that doesn't make it any worse. And Then I Go has been praised by critics not only for its intriguing and exciting plot, but also for its strong social commentary on the problem...
If you don't remember seeing Carrie Preston before, or your knowledge is limited by The Good Wife and The Good Fight, which were Elsbeth's predecessors, here's the list of movies and TV shows to fill in the blanks and watch before season 2 arrives.
And Then I Go (2017)
Even though Carrie Preston's role in this movie is very small, that doesn't make it any worse. And Then I Go has been praised by critics not only for its intriguing and exciting plot, but also for its strong social commentary on the problem...
- 5/23/2024
- by virginia-singh@startefacts.com (Virginia Singh)
- STartefacts.com
The Anna Gunn-starring film “Equity” is getting the TV treatment at ABC. Deadline reports that the female-led Wall Street thriller is being adapted for the network, which handed out a script commitment plus penalty.
The drama, written by “The Strain” producer Regina Corrado, is set in the world of cutthroat investment banking and centers on Naomi Bishop, a Wall Street banker, played by Gunn in the film, who is navigating a world where big money and high-power reign, and women have yet to break the glass ceiling. It is unknown if any of the film’s actresses will be part of the series.
The adaptation hails from Corrado and Pascal Pictures’ Amy Pascal, with Sony TV’s TriStar Television as the studio. Corrado and Pascal will executive produce with Rachel O’Connor and the movie’s producers Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas.
Read More: ‘Equity’: Why It...
The drama, written by “The Strain” producer Regina Corrado, is set in the world of cutthroat investment banking and centers on Naomi Bishop, a Wall Street banker, played by Gunn in the film, who is navigating a world where big money and high-power reign, and women have yet to break the glass ceiling. It is unknown if any of the film’s actresses will be part of the series.
The adaptation hails from Corrado and Pascal Pictures’ Amy Pascal, with Sony TV’s TriStar Television as the studio. Corrado and Pascal will executive produce with Rachel O’Connor and the movie’s producers Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas.
Read More: ‘Equity’: Why It...
- 10/19/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The 2016 financial thriller feature Equity is headed to the small screen as a drama series, which has landed at ABC with a script commitment plus penalty. The adaptation hails from The Strain executive producer Regina Corrado and film and TV producer Amy Pascal. Sony TV’s TriStar Television is the studio. Written by Corrado, Equity is set in the cutthroat world of investment banking. It centers on Naomi Bishop — played in the movie by Anna Gunn — a Wall Street…...
- 10/18/2016
- Deadline TV
★★★☆☆ Equity claims to be the first film about Wall Street from a female perspective, and it certainly delivers on that promise by putting women - and the specific challenges they face in finance - front and centre. These include answering business calls while undergoing ultrasound, fending off the sexual advances of a wealthy client without wrecking a lucrative deal, and the stress of reconciling pregnancy with ambitious career goals. Anna Gunn (of Breaking Bad fame) plays Naomi Bishop, a steely, kickboxing investment banker renowned for her deal-sealing prowess.
- 9/1/2016
- by CineVue
- CineVue
We’ve never seen this before, multiple female characters open about ambition, power, and money. But representation alone does not make for a gripping tale. I’m “biast” (pro): desperate for stories about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
To say that Wall Street shenanigans are well storied onscreen is both an understatement and a misdirection. Sure, there have been lots of movies (and documentaries) set in the world of high finance… and as with nearly ever other human endeavor that gets depicted in film, most of them are about men. Even in movies about Big Money based on real-life events in which women played significant roles, women’s contributions tend to get glossed over or eliminated entirely; see The Big Short. We may think we’ve got a good grip on how Wall Street operates based on the movies we’ve seen,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
To say that Wall Street shenanigans are well storied onscreen is both an understatement and a misdirection. Sure, there have been lots of movies (and documentaries) set in the world of high finance… and as with nearly ever other human endeavor that gets depicted in film, most of them are about men. Even in movies about Big Money based on real-life events in which women played significant roles, women’s contributions tend to get glossed over or eliminated entirely; see The Big Short. We may think we’ve got a good grip on how Wall Street operates based on the movies we’ve seen,...
- 8/30/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Equity is a film about Wall Street but not the usual kind. For one thing, it is about women working on Wall Street. The film is also not about the economic meltdown or other famous scandal, but instead is just about an investment banker, Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn), who has risen to the top, playing the investment game with the big boys, in what is predominately a man’s business world. The title refers more to the kind of equity one means when you say “pay equity.”
This is a remarkable film for what it is not – the usual financial drama with men in the lead roles. Not only is the main character a woman but all the major characters are women. In this financial drama, all the really central roles filled by women, and men are in the supporting and romantic interest parts, the movie roles to which women are too often consigned.
This is a remarkable film for what it is not – the usual financial drama with men in the lead roles. Not only is the main character a woman but all the major characters are women. In this financial drama, all the really central roles filled by women, and men are in the supporting and romantic interest parts, the movie roles to which women are too often consigned.
- 8/26/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
‘Equity’ Movie Review: A Female-Driven Film That Melds Ambition, Betrayal And The Thrill of the Game
At an alumni event for working women in New York City, Naomi Bishop, played with calculating precision by Anna Gunn, bluntly declares that she likes making money. Seated next to her old college friend, justice department prosecutor Samantha Ryan, played by Alysia Reiner, she acknowledges the negative associations tied to the word money, especially when […]
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- 7/29/2016
- by Travis Jeffrey Gonzalez
- Uinterview
Here’s the thing: The idea of a “strong female character” is not a moral determination. Katniss Everdeen, protagonist of the “Hunger Games” saga, may be a strong female character, but that’s not because she’s a hero — it’s not because she’s possessed with an infallible sense of virtue and a Christ-like selflessness that defies any reasonable human standard. By the same token, slathering Scarlett Johansson in spandex and having her fight alongside Iron Man doesn’t make Black Widow a strong female character either, no matter how many asses she kicks.
The strength of a role has nothing to do with decency, and everything to do with depth.
What makes “Equity” such a vital feminist film, even when its other qualities are often few and far between, is how defiantly it internalizes that idea. At a time when someone can be a mother and a professional (or,...
The strength of a role has nothing to do with decency, and everything to do with depth.
What makes “Equity” such a vital feminist film, even when its other qualities are often few and far between, is how defiantly it internalizes that idea. At a time when someone can be a mother and a professional (or,...
- 7/29/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
When I tried to think of an equivalent to Meera Menon's excellent new Wall Street drama Equity off the top of my head, the task proved incredibly difficult. What other film focusing on the hardball world of investment banking centers on a woman protagonist, after all? It was only after a Google search that I managed to find a single example: Mike Nichols' Working Girl, the breezy 1988 Melanie Griffith starring vehicle that is widely considered one of the best -- yes -- romantic comedies of the 1980s. For all of Working Girl's relative sophistication, it's nowhere near an ideal comparison. Indeed, I feel pretty confident in stating that Equity is the only film of its kind: a hardball financial drama that revolves its plot around an unabashedly ambitious woman who has risen to the top of the investment banking world. The protagonist here is Naomi Bishop (supremely...
- 7/29/2016
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
When producers Alysia Reiner and Sarah Megan Thomas cooked up the idea to make the first female-driven Wall Street movie, their mandate for the feature was clear: It would be written by female screenwriter, directed by a female director and lead by a very strong female cast. The duo put years of work into researching the feature, shoring up investors and making sure that what would become “Equity” retained their original vision from top to bottom.
The film follows hard-driving investment banker Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn) as she embarks on the biggest deal of her career – shepherding a rising Silicon Valley company that smacks of Facebook and Snapchat to its initial public offering – a task she’s made her speciality during a mostly successful career. Burnt by a previous deal that went awry and newly passed over for a major promotion, Naomi is dedicated to doing her job flawlessly. But...
The film follows hard-driving investment banker Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn) as she embarks on the biggest deal of her career – shepherding a rising Silicon Valley company that smacks of Facebook and Snapchat to its initial public offering – a task she’s made her speciality during a mostly successful career. Burnt by a previous deal that went awry and newly passed over for a major promotion, Naomi is dedicated to doing her job flawlessly. But...
- 7/29/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
To help sift through the increasing number of new releases (independent or otherwise), the Weekly Film Guide is here! Below you’ll find basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
For July, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for July 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, July 29. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Bad Moms
Director: John Lucas and Scott Moore
Cast: Christina Applegate, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Emjay Anthony, Jay Jablonski, Kesha Rose Sebert
Synopsis: A woman with a seemingly perfect life – a great marriage, overachieving kids, beautiful home, stunning looks and still holding down a career.
For July, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for July 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, July 29. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Bad Moms
Director: John Lucas and Scott Moore
Cast: Christina Applegate, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Emjay Anthony, Jay Jablonski, Kesha Rose Sebert
Synopsis: A woman with a seemingly perfect life – a great marriage, overachieving kids, beautiful home, stunning looks and still holding down a career.
- 7/28/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
“Don’t let money be a dirty word,” says Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn), steely senior investment banker at Remson Partners, as she gives a talk at a wine-and-cheese mixer of Manhattan businesswomen. It’s not quite Wall Street’s “Greed is good,” but it doesn’t have to be. Equity may not be the fanciest or flashiest of financial thrillers—more like off-brand David Fincher or Steven Soderbergh—but it gets the job done. Its major players are all women trying to make careers in boys’ club professions (yes, the title is a play on words); that’s all the motivation the movie offers and perhaps all that it really needs. It skips past the usual handwringing over the temptations of capitalist wealth and just gets right to the risk-taking and double-crossing, assuming (rightly) that viewers don’t need a character to have a backstory, a tragic secret, and a...
- 7/28/2016
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
"Dudes only" — that might as well be the motto when it comes to big-screen finance dramas such as The Wolf of Wall Street and The Big Short. In Equity, an explosive corporate thriller, a dynamite Anna Gunn fights back. As investment banker Naomi Bishop, the Breaking Bad Emmy winner comes out blazing, and it's not just the dickheads at the top she's gunning for. Even her hedge-funder boyfriend, Michael Connor (James Purefoy, oozing seductive sleaze), will exploit her for selfish reasons. She can't trust the women in her life either: Her protégé,...
- 7/27/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn) likes money and isn’t ashamed to admit it. In the latest trailer for the Meera Menon-directed thriller, Naomi may “rub people the wrong way,” but she gets things done.
As a senior investment banker her world of high-power big money is competitive and fierce, but she thrives in being a part of it. When Naomi is on the cusp of brokering a new deal, she finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception. Soon an old friend from her past, who now happens to be a prosecutor (Alysia Reiner), is on her heels digging up dirt and her junior, Erin (Sarah Megan Thomas), is tempted to backstab Naomi for her own survival. This brutal world now has Bishop reexamining her own ambitions and making her wonder if there is anyone she can trust.
Read More: Sundance: Wall Street Movie ‘Equity’ Starring Anna Gunn...
As a senior investment banker her world of high-power big money is competitive and fierce, but she thrives in being a part of it. When Naomi is on the cusp of brokering a new deal, she finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception. Soon an old friend from her past, who now happens to be a prosecutor (Alysia Reiner), is on her heels digging up dirt and her junior, Erin (Sarah Megan Thomas), is tempted to backstab Naomi for her own survival. This brutal world now has Bishop reexamining her own ambitions and making her wonder if there is anyone she can trust.
Read More: Sundance: Wall Street Movie ‘Equity’ Starring Anna Gunn...
- 7/1/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Pegged for release at the tail-end of July, Sony Pictures has premiered a brooding new trailer for Equity, the financial drama headed up by former Breaking Bad star Anna Gunn.
Cut from the same cloth as Adam McKay’s Oscar-winning The Big Short, the rather excellent Margin Call and 99 Homes, Equity is set against the ruthless world of high-stakes banking, where Gunn’s head honcho Naomi Bishop navigates a world of double-crossing and corruption.
For a subgenre that has traditionally revolved around male characters thrust into a shady web of politics and deceit, at the very least, Equity looks set to offer up a breath of fresh air for financial dramas, and after nabbing multiple awards for her glowering turn as Walter White’s significant other, Anna Gunn certainly makes for a compelling and cutthroat Wall Street banker. Meera Menon directs the thriller, and here’s an overview of what...
Cut from the same cloth as Adam McKay’s Oscar-winning The Big Short, the rather excellent Margin Call and 99 Homes, Equity is set against the ruthless world of high-stakes banking, where Gunn’s head honcho Naomi Bishop navigates a world of double-crossing and corruption.
For a subgenre that has traditionally revolved around male characters thrust into a shady web of politics and deceit, at the very least, Equity looks set to offer up a breath of fresh air for financial dramas, and after nabbing multiple awards for her glowering turn as Walter White’s significant other, Anna Gunn certainly makes for a compelling and cutthroat Wall Street banker. Meera Menon directs the thriller, and here’s an overview of what...
- 7/1/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
“I like money,” states Equity star Anna Gunn‘s Naomi Bishop, a senior investment banker at the world’s largest investment bank. Corruption, power, and corporate espionage ensue in the second trailer for director Meera Menon’s second feature. Once Naomi reaches the top, she soon realizes shady, white collar, top tier businessman are called shady for a reason. Yes folks, there’s corruption on Wall Street.
We said in our review, “By not towing an obvious line about gender inequality in the workplace, some might find the film subversive; I must say I found the writer’s reasoning confusing. Maybe I was looking for a reason to believe a female-led picture would draw me to new conclusions. Instead, much of answers centered how banking is still seen as a massively dodgy arm of a country controlled by financial institutions. But perhaps it’s just important to acknowledge the relatively...
We said in our review, “By not towing an obvious line about gender inequality in the workplace, some might find the film subversive; I must say I found the writer’s reasoning confusing. Maybe I was looking for a reason to believe a female-led picture would draw me to new conclusions. Instead, much of answers centered how banking is still seen as a massively dodgy arm of a country controlled by financial institutions. But perhaps it’s just important to acknowledge the relatively...
- 6/29/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Set in the high-powered world of New York City finance, Equity is a showcase for Breaking Bad star Anna Gunn to prove she unequivocally has what it takes to headline a movie.
Naomi Bishop (Gunn) works for one of the world’s largest banks, and she has a successful track record investing in start-up companies that sell for big bucks when they go public. Her last deal didn’t go so well, but she brushes herself off and she and her VP/assistant Erin (Sarah Megan Thomas) move on to dealing with Cachet, a promising privacy company despite its douchey tech bro founder. Meanwhile, Naomi’s old friend Sam (Orange is the New Black’s Alysia Reiner), now working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, begins investigating a shady figure (Craig Bierko) who has ties to Michael Conners (James Purefoy), a broker at Naomi’s bank who Naomi’s sleeping with.
Naomi Bishop (Gunn) works for one of the world’s largest banks, and she has a successful track record investing in start-up companies that sell for big bucks when they go public. Her last deal didn’t go so well, but she brushes herself off and she and her VP/assistant Erin (Sarah Megan Thomas) move on to dealing with Cachet, a promising privacy company despite its douchey tech bro founder. Meanwhile, Naomi’s old friend Sam (Orange is the New Black’s Alysia Reiner), now working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, begins investigating a shady figure (Craig Bierko) who has ties to Michael Conners (James Purefoy), a broker at Naomi’s bank who Naomi’s sleeping with.
- 6/9/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
While the vast majority of movies centered around Wall Street view it from a male perspective, this year at Sundance we got a drama that looks at the often-neglected female side. Meera Menon’s Equity follows Breaking Bad‘s Anna Gunn as she navigated greed and sexism in the stock trade. Produced, written, and directed by women, the first trailer has now arrived ahead of a summer release by Sony Pictures Classics.
We said in our review (a portion of which is quoted in the trailer), “Equity is more nuanced, if not as ferociously confidant as that 1987 Oliver Stone film, here focusing on the nitty gritty of a market launch of a social media-style security company. In a post-Snowden leaks and Sony hacks world, the set-up seems entirely plausible, but the thrust of the plot isn’t really what derives the drama.”
Check out the trailer below for the film also starring James Purefoy,...
We said in our review (a portion of which is quoted in the trailer), “Equity is more nuanced, if not as ferociously confidant as that 1987 Oliver Stone film, here focusing on the nitty gritty of a market launch of a social media-style security company. In a post-Snowden leaks and Sony hacks world, the set-up seems entirely plausible, but the thrust of the plot isn’t really what derives the drama.”
Check out the trailer below for the film also starring James Purefoy,...
- 5/20/2016
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Wall Street/financial thriller is a subgenre typically dominated by men, very often telling stories about how amazing and awesome shady Wall Street banking can be, especially if you’re a dude. That’s all going to change though with Equity, a film that takes a look at the world of high profile investment bankers from the perspective of the tough, amoral women who slice throats right beside the men.
Equity stars Anna Gunn as Naomi Bishop, a senior investment banker who really enjoys her job. Bishop is brutal, balancing extreme power with the fact of her femininity – and the difficulties that presents in a male-dominated profession. But all is not well on Wall Street, and Bishop finds herself facing scandal and potential ruin after she’s passed over for a promotion. She finds herself facing an aggressive prosecutor, a controversial Ipo, and the potential collapse of that very...
Equity stars Anna Gunn as Naomi Bishop, a senior investment banker who really enjoys her job. Bishop is brutal, balancing extreme power with the fact of her femininity – and the difficulties that presents in a male-dominated profession. But all is not well on Wall Street, and Bishop finds herself facing scandal and potential ruin after she’s passed over for a promotion. She finds herself facing an aggressive prosecutor, a controversial Ipo, and the potential collapse of that very...
- 5/20/2016
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
"I'm so glad that it's finally acceptable for women to talk about success." Sony Classics has unveiled the trailer for an indie drama titled Equity, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this year. It's a film written and directed by women, produced by women, starring mostly women, about women kicking ass in high level investment banking jobs. Anna Gunn plays an investment banker navigating a tricky deal in hopes of impressing her boss. The cast includes James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas, Alysia Reiner and Craig Bierko. I saw this at Sundance and sadly, it's not very good, at all. The story is weak and it's all about backstabbing, plus Anna Gunn's performance isn't that impressive. I wish it was better. Give it a look. Here's the first official trailer for Meera Menon's Equity, direct from Spc's YouTube: When Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop (Anna Gunn) is...
- 5/20/2016
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“I am so glad that it’s finally acceptable for women to talk about success,” Anna Gunn’s Naomi Bishop tells a group session. And make no mistake: She’s believes that greed is good — even if you’re a woman. Maybe especially if you’re a woman. Here’s the first trailer for Equity, a female-driven take on the insider business of Wall Street. Bishop works at the world’s largest investment bank and boasts of taking nine companies public. You don’t need an Mba to think…...
- 5/20/2016
- Deadline
In Equity, Anna Gunn is the one who knocks. The Breaking Bad alum stars in Meera Menon’s corporate thriller as Naomi Bishop, a senior investment banker whose buzzy tech Ipo deal gets complicated by politics and deception. Featuring James Purefoy and Alysia Reiner (who also produced), the Sony Pictures Classics release is touted as the first Wall Street drama to center on a female protagonist. Ahead of its special Tuesday screening at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, Gunn – fresh from shooting the comedy pilot Chunk & Bean, and seen next in Clint Eastwood’s Sully with Tom Hanks – discusses
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- 4/19/2016
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There were many great films about strong women at this year’s Sundance – Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women and Antonio Campos’ Christine to name two of the festival’s best features in their own right. Meera Menon’s Equity, a female-driven (written, directed, produced) corporate thriller set in the cut-throat workplace of Manhattan high finance, is a solid addition to this camp, although with nothing of the style or verve of either of those pictures.
The film sets itself up as a women-centric Wall Street, as Anna Gunn’s Naomi Bishop emulates Gordon Gekko’s speech to a crowd of female grad students in one of the film’s opening scenes that she works because “she likes money.” Coming from a poor background, money pays for her brother’s education, or jewelry for herself, but she is a banker also about winning the game – although who she’s playing is a matter of contention.
The film sets itself up as a women-centric Wall Street, as Anna Gunn’s Naomi Bishop emulates Gordon Gekko’s speech to a crowd of female grad students in one of the film’s opening scenes that she works because “she likes money.” Coming from a poor background, money pays for her brother’s education, or jewelry for herself, but she is a banker also about winning the game – although who she’s playing is a matter of contention.
- 2/8/2016
- by Ed Frankl
- The Film Stage
This accomplished finance drama feels fresh for its gender-switch dynamics – but did all the men need to be quite so dim?
Equity is likely one of the more realistic financial sector films out there because I had no idea what the hell anybody was talking about. Well, that’s not exactly true. Director Meera Menon and her three leads, Anna Gunn, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner, extract the drama from Amy Fox’s screenplay while still leaving the jargon intact. I don’t know squat about IPOs (if I did, I’d be on my yacht) but I do know a juicy morality play when I see it, and Equity takes us inside modern Wall Street in a unique and gripping manner.
You may have noticed that all the names listed so far are women. That this is a “female look” at Wall Street is more than a marketing gimmick.
Equity is likely one of the more realistic financial sector films out there because I had no idea what the hell anybody was talking about. Well, that’s not exactly true. Director Meera Menon and her three leads, Anna Gunn, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner, extract the drama from Amy Fox’s screenplay while still leaving the jargon intact. I don’t know squat about IPOs (if I did, I’d be on my yacht) but I do know a juicy morality play when I see it, and Equity takes us inside modern Wall Street in a unique and gripping manner.
You may have noticed that all the names listed so far are women. That this is a “female look” at Wall Street is more than a marketing gimmick.
- 1/28/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
This accomplished finance drama feels fresh for its gender-switch dynamics – but did all the men need to be quite so dim?
Equity is likely one of the more realistic financial sector films out there because I had no idea what the hell anybody was talking about. Well, that’s not exactly true. Director Meera Menon and her three leads, Anna Gunn, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner, extract the drama from Amy Fox’s screenplay while still leaving the jargon intact. I don’t know squat about IPOs (if I did, I’d be on my yacht) but I do know a juicy morality play when I see it, and Equity takes us inside modern Wall Street in a unique and gripping manner.
You may have noticed that all the names listed so far are women. That this is a “female look” at Wall Street is more than a marketing gimmick.
Equity is likely one of the more realistic financial sector films out there because I had no idea what the hell anybody was talking about. Well, that’s not exactly true. Director Meera Menon and her three leads, Anna Gunn, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner, extract the drama from Amy Fox’s screenplay while still leaving the jargon intact. I don’t know squat about IPOs (if I did, I’d be on my yacht) but I do know a juicy morality play when I see it, and Equity takes us inside modern Wall Street in a unique and gripping manner.
You may have noticed that all the names listed so far are women. That this is a “female look” at Wall Street is more than a marketing gimmick.
- 1/28/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to "Equity," the first female-driven Wall Street drama. The movie stars Anna Gunn ("Breaking Bad"), James Purefoy ("The Following"), Sarah Megan Thomas ("Backwards") and Alysia Reiner ("Orange is the New Black"). The film follows female investment banker Naomi Bishop as she navigates a world where big money and high-power is brutal and fierce. When a controversial Ipo threatens the delicate balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself swimming in a shark pool of politics and deception. With an aggressive prosecutor (Alysia Reiner) from her past on her heels, plus a strained relationship with her junior, Erin (Sarah Megan Thomas), Naomi is forced to reexamine her own ambitions and the cutthroat world in which she lives in, one where women have yet to break the glass ceiling. The film is directed by Meera Menon. Broad Street Pictures' Reiner and Thomas...
- 1/25/2016
- by Glen Yi
- Indiewire
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired worldwide rights to “Equity,” a female-driven Wall Street tale starring Anna Gunn, James Purefoy, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner. The company made the announcement hours before the film’s world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday night in Park City, Utah. “Equity” follows senior investment banker Naomi Bishop (Gunn), who thrives in the fierce world of big money dealings. When a controversial Ipo threatens her fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception. Also Read: Sundance Scene and Heard: Matt Damon, Kate Beckinsale,...
- 1/25/2016
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
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