Someone Takes Clooney Hostage In ‘Money Monster’

The time has yet to come for someone to take George Clooney hostage in real life, but in the meantime, we’ll settle for it happening on screen.  Check out the trailer for upcoming thriller ‘Money Monster’.

In the taut and tense thriller ”Money Monster”, Lee Gates (George Clooney) is a bombastic TV huckster whose popular financial network show has made him the money guru of Wall Street. But after he hawks a high tech stock that mysteriously crashes, an irate investor (Jack O’Connell) takes Gates, his crew, and his ace producer Patty Fenn (Julia Roberts) hostage live on air. Unfolding in real time, Gates and Fenn must find a way to keep themselves alive while simultaneously uncovering the truth behind a tangle of big money lies.

The film will have a June 2nd released, slipped into more hostile territory from its original March 31st release date, it has been directed by Jodie Foster.