Am I excited to see the new Wall Street movie? No, not really. Does this casting news change anything? No, not really. Will I see the movie when it comes out? Of course, it’s Wall Street. I watched Gordon Gecko bend the market to his will like some morally-ambiguous Capitalist ninja in my Economics class. I can’t just write that off like Ben Affleck teaching me about the wonders of the sea in The Voyage Of The Mimi. Fourth grade Social Studies represent.
According to The Latino Review, Pride & Prejudice actress Carey Mulligan will play Gordon Gecko’s daughter, the fiancee of Shia LaBeouf’s character, in the upcoming Money Never Sleeps. Apparently, Winnie, no not Kevin Arnold’s dream girl, hasn’t spoken to her father since he got sent up the creek and still harbors ill-will over her brother Rudy’s suicide, no not the guy from Notre Dame who tried so big.
If all goes well, Money Never Sleeps should win the box office for a few weeks in February 2010. If all goes poorly, the studio should blame this egregious February placement, traditionally the dumping ground of misguided romantic comedies and a few stellar Woody Allen movies.
