Posted on 08/04/2018 12:05:00 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Talk about supersizing it.
The bidding war that erupted over a Daily Beast story published July 28 about a decadelong scam involving the McDonald's Monopoly contest has resulted in one of the most lucrative rights deals for a single article, sources with knowledge of the deal tell The Hollywood Reporter.
In the end, it was 20th Century Fox and Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Pearl Street Films' bid of $1 million — a huge sum for an 8,700-word web feature — that beat out other bids from Universal, Netflix and Warner Bros.
Affleck has committed to directing the project, with Damon set to star, presumably in the central role of antihero Jerome Jacobson. An ex-cop hired to oversee security on the sweepstakes, Jacobson started a side hustle selling high-value playing pieces — including many $1 million prizes — to a wide network of colorful and unsavory types.
But the beneficiary of the McScam movie deal earned his paycheck the honest way: by delving into one of the strangest, funniest and most gripping capers in American history. He is Jeff Maysh, an L.A.-based journalist and true-crime author.
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
Without giving it away, the show has America winning. It’s great to watch, as tv should be.
No shit! I was giving a brief version of events so lighten up.
A distorted version of events is more like it.
If you don't like be called on your BS, don't post.
I misread your original post as you saying he seemed like an up and up guy. Now I understand that what you were writing was that he presented himself as an up and up guy.
Please accept my apology.
Piss off
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