Billionaire Boys Club (2018 film)

Led by their fellow preppie friend Joe Hunt, a group of wealthy young men in 1980s Los Angeles come up with a plan to get-rich-quick with a Ponzi scheme. The plan ends badly for all involved when Hunt and friend Jim Pittman end up murdering investor and con man Ron Levin.[6]

• Ansel Elgort as Joe Hunt, the group leader and financial expert.
• Taron Egerton as Dean Karny, a tennis pro and the main antagonist.
• Emma Roberts as Sydney Evans, the love interest of Hunt.
• Kevin Spacey as Ron Levin, a Beverly Hills high roller.
• Ryan Rottman as Scott Biltmore, Kyle's brother and one of the two handsome twins adopted by the owner of Maybelline, who first invested in the Club.
• Jeremy Irvine as Kyle Biltmore, Scott's brother and one of the members of the Billionaire Boys Club.
• Thomas Cocquerel as Charlie Bottoms
• Bokeem Woodbine as Jim Pittman, a club bouncer who becomes involved in the club's doings.
• Barney Harris as Izzy - Reza Eslaminia, The Persian's son and Billionaire Boys Club member.
• Waleed Zuaiter as The Persian, Hedayat Eslaminia and Izzy's Father[7]
• Suki Waterhouse as Quintana 'Q' Bisset, the love interest of Karny.
• Billie Lourd as Rosanna Ricci, the love interest of Biltmore.
• Judd Nelson as Ryan Hunt, Joe's father
• Maurice Johnson as Detective
• Billy Slaughter as Loan Officer
• Rosanna Arquette as Debbie Evans, Sydney's mother
• Cary Elwes as Andy Warhol
• Justin Arnold as Carter
• Marc Mani as Dr. Marc Mani Jr.[8]
• Carmen Illán as Persian's wife

In May 2010, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that James Cox would direct the crime thriller film Billionaire Boys Club, the true story of a group of rich young boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s who started the Billionaire Boys Club to run a Ponzi scheme.[9] Cox wrote the script in four months after an exclusive research of the events with his brother Stephen, who spent another four months on it.[9] Cox gathered the material for the screenplay from court documents, oral transcripts, and published articles. He said, "as we were writing this, I thought, 'What if 'Wall Street' became 'Alpha Dog' halfway through?" Holly Wiersma would produce the film.[9]

On October 29, 2015, Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton joined the cast, with Elgort playing Joe Hunt, the group leader and financial expert, and Egerton playing Dean Karny, a pro tennis player.[10][11] Captain Mauzner also co-wrote the script along with Cox, while producers on the film would be Wiersma and Cassian Elwes. The film would be financed by Armory Films, and Good Universe would handle the international sales.[11] In November 2015, Kevin Spacey[12] signed on to play Ron Levin, a Beverly Hills high roller, Emma Roberts[13] was added to the cast to portray Sydney, Hunt's love interest and Suki Waterhouse was cast to play Quintana, Karny's love interest.[14]

In December 2015, Variety reported that Judd Nelson, who originally played Joe Hunt in the 1987 miniseries Billionaire Boys Club, would play the role of Ryan Hunt, Joe's father.[15] That same month, Ryan Rottman signed on to portray Scott Biltmore, one of the two handsome twins adopted by the owner of Maybelline, who first invested in the Club and Thomas Cocquerel joined the film.[16][17] Bokeem Woodbine, Billie Lourd and Jeremy Irvine also joined the cast of the film, with Irvine playing Kyle Biltmore, one of the members of the Billionaire Boys Club, Lourd as Rosanna, his love interest, and Woodbine as a club bouncer who becomes involved in the club's doings.[18]

Principal photography began in New Orleans on December 7, 2015.[19][20][21] The film wrapped on January 25, 2016,[22] with re-shoots set for November of the same year.[19]

The film was initially released through video on demand on July 17, 2018, prior to a limited release in theaters on August 17, 2018, by Vertical Entertainment.[23][24]

Despite allegations of sexual misconduct being made against Kevin Spacey in October 2017, Vertical Entertainment stated that they would be going forward with the release of the film:

We don't condone sexual harassment on any level and we fully support victims of it. At the same time, this is neither an easy nor insensitive decision to release this film in theatres, but we believe in giving the cast, as well as hundreds of crew members who worked hard on the film, the chance to see their final product reach audiences.[25]

• Billionaire Boys Club at IMDb 
• Billionaire Boys Club at AllMovie