Dev Patel to star in financial thriller 'Flash Crash'

British-Indian actor Dev Patel will feature in big screen aptation of "Flash Crash", a dramatic thriller set in UK stock market.

movie, a See-Saw Films and New Regency project, is based on "Flash Crash: A Tring Savant, a Global Manhunt, and Most Mysterious Market Crash in History", an upcoming book by Bloomberg journalist Liam Vaughan. Vaughan's book details 2010 crash in film, which Patel will also executive produce, reported Variety.

"Flash Crash" revolves around Navinder Singh Sarao, an outsider who found a way to beat stock market and me millions working from a bedroom in his parents' small suburban home on outskirts of London.

Jonathan Perera is attached to write screenplay. See-Saw Films' Iain Canning and Emile Sherman and Arn Milchan of New Regency are attached as producers. 

"Navinder Sarao's story struck us deeply. He's an unlikely but also complex hero who exposed manipulations at heart of global financial system. We're so pleased to be bringing it to life with our friends at New Regency, and to continue our relationship with Dev Patel after success of 'Lion'," Canning and Sherman said.

Patel will next be seen in Armando Iannucci's " Personal History of David Copperfield" and " Green Knight", directed by David Lowery.