MONEY FOR NOTHING

An adaptation of the memoir by Edward Ugel

At twenty-six, broke and buried in gambling debt, Edward Ugel lands a lucrative job offering lottery winners immediate cash in exchange for their future prize payments. As he masters the art of exploiting people whose weaknesses mirror his own, the compulsive gambler finds himself thriving in a predatory business built on desperation, easy money and the seductive promise of a second chance.

Through Ugel's true story, MONEY FOR NOTHING turns America's obsession with instant wealth into a darkly comic account of a hustler who profited from cash-strapped lottery winners before confronting the human cost of his success.

Daniel Shafer, Tobey Maguire and Mark Ross developed the adaptation for Warner Independent Pictures with producer Michael De Luca (CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MONEYBALL, THE SOCIAL NETWORK) and screenwriter Peter Steinfeld (21, ANALYZE THAT).