Netflix releases first trailer for The Altruists, its Sam Bankman-Fried series

Netflix has released the first trailer for The Altruists, its dramatized take on the rise and fall of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The trailer arrived on October 8, 2026. The project is an eight-episode limited series, not a feature film, and it lands on the platform on November 19, 2026. The timing matters for anyone who lived through the FTX collapse. Nearly four years after the exchange imploded, the story is moving from courtrooms and bankruptcy filings into living rooms. Who’s who in Netflix’s FTX drama Anthony Boyle plays Bankman-Fried. Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison, his former partner, who sits at the center of the story alongside him. The series comes from Higher Ground Productions, the company run by Barack and Michelle Obama, which is executive producing. Graham Moore created the show, and Jacqueline Hoyt serves as co-showrunner. The supporting cast fills out the rest of the FTX orbit. The lineup includes: Alex Lawther as Sam Trabucco Karan Soni as Nishad Singh Eugene Young as Gary Wang Matt Rife as Ryan Salame Other actors round out the ensemble as FTX executives and members of the founders’ families. Netflix frames the series as a cautionary tale about two brill...