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WallStreetBets founder signs with major Hollywood talent agency

Jaime Rš”ogozinski, the founder of WallStreetBets, is going to Hollywood with hišŸŒ s tale of the Reddit forum that shook up Wall Street.

Rogozinski signed wšŸ„€ith United Talent Agency, the home of Jessica Alba, Kevin Hart and Seth Rogen, according to repoź¦rts. UTA confirmed the news.

Rogozinski is looking to capitalize on his fame from founding a forum on the site Reddit where amateur investors trade stock tips and ideas. Early this year, these traders rushed to buy cheap stocks like GameStop, sending shares of the struggling video-game retailer to new highs, only to see them crater and then continue on an unpredictable šŸØrollercoaster ride.

Hollywood has been clamoring to tell the story of. the GameStop saga with several studios already commissąµ©ioning at least nine projects based on the frenzied events of this yeašŸ»r.

MGM is making a movie from the forthcomingšŸ¦‚ book by Benā™ˆ Mezrich, whose work was the basis of ā€œThe Social Network,ā€ while “Paranormal Activity” producer Jason Blum is producing an HBO movie.

Rogozinski has already sold his life story tšŸ¦„o filmmakeršŸ’§ Brett Ratnerā€™s RatPac Entertainment, but thatā€™s just the start of hšŸ…·isąµ© show-business ambitions.

UTA has lined up a speaking engagement for Rogozinski at a conference in the fall, and has hšŸŒželd preliminary talks about podcasts as well, . Speaking engagements tend to be lucrative side hustles for celebrities, authors, politicians and influencers. They can fetch anywhere from a few thousand dollars to as much as $500,000 per appearance.