A biopic is in growth about probably the most influential — and now, controversial — determine in gaming historical past.
Steve Wynn smiles at first of his assembly with officers of the Macau Tender Committee for Gaming Concessions on Feb. 20, 2002. (Picture: Related Press)
The Rise & Fall of Steve Wynn shall be tailored for the display screen by Christina Binkley from her personal 2018 New York Occasions bestseller, Winner Takes All: How On line casino Mogul Steve Wynn Received — and Misplaced — the Excessive Stakes Gamble to Personal Las Vegas.
From Bingo to Billions
The biopic will cowl Wynn’s meteoric rise from scrappy bingo parlor operator to billionaire on line casino mogul, after which out of the gaming business altogether. That’s after a 2018 Wall Avenue Journal article accused him of partaking in a “decades-long sample of sexual misconduct” towards feminine employees.
Coproducing the biopic shall be Binkley, together with Scott Jay Kaplan (Queenmaker, Pink Penguins) and Emmet McDermott (White Scorching: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch), whose manufacturing firm is named CoverStory.
“We’re immensely fortunate to work with Christina on this larger-than-life story,” McDermott mentioned in a press launch in regards to the deal.
In line with the discharge, The Rise & Fall of Steve Wynn shall be “set primarily within the Nineteen Nineties,” and illustrates “how Wynn’s unparalleled drive for energy in the end price him the whole lot, making a vacuum of energy crammed by his ex-wife, Elaine.”
No distribution deal has been introduced.
Wynn has denied all sexual assault accusations towards him and has by no means been convicted of against the law. Nevertheless, the controversy induced him to resign from his place as chairman and CEO of the corporate that bears his title. He additionally offered his stake in Wynn Resorts in a bid to guard its playing licenses in Nevada and Massachusetts.
