Dev to star in financial thriller

British-Indian actor Dev Patel will feature in the big screen adaptation of Flash Crash, a dramatic thriller set in the UK stock market. The movie, a See-Saw Films and New Regency project, is based on Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History, an upcoming book by Bloomberg journalist Liam Vaughan.

Vaughan’s book details the 2010 crash in the film, which Patel will also executive produce. Flash Crash revolves around Navinder Singh Sarao, an outsider who found a way to beat the stock market and made millions working from a bedroom in his parents’ small suburban home in London. Jonathan Perera will write the screenplay. See-Saw Films’ Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Arnon Milchan of New Regency are attached as producers. — PTI