"The Wizard of Lies is an upcoming American television drama film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Sam Levinson, Sam Baum, and John Burnham Schwartz, based on the non-fiction book of same name by Diana B. Henriques. The film stars Robert De Niro as businessman Bernard Madoff, Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Ruth Madoff, and Alessandro Nivola as their older son Mark Madoff. It will air on the cable network HBO on May 20, 2017."


Medici: Masters of Florence is a television drama series about the Medici dynasty set in 15th century Florence, starring Dustin Hoffman as Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, Richard Madden as Cosimo de' Medici, and Stuart Martin as Lorenzo de' Medici (The Elder). The series was co-created by Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files and Man in the High Castle) and Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan). Sergio Mimica-Gezzan (The Pillars of the Earth) directed all eight episodes. Episodes 1 and 2 aired on Rai 1 (Italian TV) on 18 October 2016. According to Italian ratings compiler Auditel, it attracted a record 7.6 million viewers. The first season consists of eight episodes.


anyone watching Medici or heard of The Wizard of Lies?

If Wizard of Lies sounds appealing to you, check out the documentary Big Shot (ESPN). It's about a guy with no money who pretends to be a billionaire and buys an NHL franchise, building the whole deal on a web of lies. It's the same type of story as Madoff's scam, though Madoff's story is overall bigger. In my experience, I find that Hollywood's adaptations don't usually live up to the real story when it comes to stuff like that.

This post was edited by Kayeto on May 6 2017 11:53pm