I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: One of the greatest and most quotable lines from any movie in the 80’s was the immortal one spoken by Gordon Gekko (portrayed brilliantly by Michael Douglas) in one of the greatest 80’s movies “Wall Street” where he says “Greed is good. Greed works”. The line is not one that I’d want to teach my kids in the future, but it is one that pretty much captured the economic temperature of the 1980’s.
There is a sequel to Wall Street in the works under the title “Money Never Sleeps” (I freaking love this title by the way). It’s been in the works for a while… got shut down… but now has the green light again with Oliver Stone set to direct it, Michael Douglas returning to the role that won him his Oscar, and apparently Shia LeBeouf who is in talks with the studio to join the project.
This is amazing news (the sequel being given the green light again). Gordon Gekko is one of the most amazing characters to hit the screen in the 80’s and I’ve been dying to see more of his story post-prison (he goes to prison after the events of the first movie).
And hey… if you want to know more about the script for “Money Never Sleeps”, our friends over at Latino Review put together this great little video outlining the plot. Check it out.
