“You and I are side-by-side all the way!” Netflix has revealed an official trailer for The Altruists, a mini-series about the infamous FTX scandal and the downfall of these two people. Yet another true crime series about how tech people are total criminals doing totally insane things and trying to get away with it. Created by the Oscar-winning writer of The Imitation Game, it follows the tumultuous romance between FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his girlfriend Caroline Ellison. It depicts their ambitious attempts to revolutionize the financial system, leading to a $36 billion fraud. Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle star as Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried in this limited series about the love scorned prodigies behind the FTX scandal. The two were in a relationship and the creator says he really believes they were trying to do good, they were “altruists”, before they got caught up in this craziness and the crypto game and the crime of being too greedy. Inspired by the NY Magazine articles written by Kevin T. Dugan & Jen Wieczner. Starring Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle, with Alex Lawther (as Sam Trabucco), Karan Soni (as Nishad Singh), Naomi Okada (as Claire Watanabe), Madison Hu (as Constance Wang), Matt Rife (as Ryan Salame), Eugene Young (Gary Wang), Paul Reiser (as Joe Bankman), Robin Weigert (as Barbara Fried). All in?
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Netflix’s series The Altruists, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:
“I genuinely believe that both Sam and Caroline were deeply committed altruists from day one, who set out to do as much good for as many people as they could in their lives… Over the course of the years that our show depicts, Sam and Caroline, with the very best of intentions, talked each other and themselves into committing a number of terrible crimes.” –Creator Graham Moore
“All in. Every time.” Julia Garner and Anthony Boyle star as Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried in this limited series about the love scorned prodigies behind the FTX scandal. The Altruists tells the story of Sam Bankman-Fried & Caroline Ellison, two hyper-smart, ambitious young idealists who tried to remake the global financial system in the blink of an eye – before they were accused of stealing $8B and became Gen Z’s own Bonnie & Clyde. The Altruists is a series created by screenwriter Graham Moore (Oscar-winning writer of The Imitation Game, The Outfit). Written & showrun by both Jacqueline Hoyt & Graham Moore. With episodes directed by James Ponsoldt, Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Mairzee Almas, Graham Moore, Silver Tree. Inspired by the NY Magazine articles written by Kevin T. Dugan and Jen Wieczner. Executive produced by Graham Moore, Jacqueline Hoyt, Barack and Michelle Obama, Jessie Dicovitsky and Vinnie Malhotra for Higher Ground Productions, Scoop Wasserstein for New York Magazine/Vox Media Studios, Tonia Davis, James Ponsoldt, Lauren Morelli and Julia Garner. Netflix debuts The Altruists series including all 8 episodes for streaming on Netflix starting November 19th, 2026 this fall. Who’s intrigued to watch?
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