Netflix Sets November 19 Premiere for FTX Drama 'The Altruists'

Netflix has announced that "The Altruists," a scripted series about the FTX scandal, will premiere on November 19. According to TechCrunch, the show follows Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison through the events that crushed the crypto exchange and landed them in prison. The release date places it just before Thanksgiving, a timing the report notes.

The trailer features Anthony Boyle as Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Ellison. Co-showrunner Graham Moore, speaking to Netflix this summer, said he was fascinated by the real stories: "Those are both characters I could not have possibly made up had I tried — I'm not nearly a good enough writer to create characters as fascinating as either Sam Bankman-Fried or Caroline Ellison."

For business audiences, the series marks another step in the cultural reckoning with FTX's collapse, turning one of the largest financial frauds in recent memory into entertainment. The source is a single TechCrunch report, so no independent confirmation of the release date or casting is provided.