Wu-Tang Clan / Martin Shkreli / Bill Murray Musical in the Works

Last year, pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli, who became publicly reviled after raising the price of a vital AIDS and cancer treatment drug by more than 5,000 per cent, paid $2 million for the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. Months later, a bizarre hoax made the rounds alleging that, per a clause in the sale contract, active Wu-Tang members were entitled to team up with actor Bill Murray and execute a “heist or caper” to win back the album. The fake clause captured the public imagination, so much so that a team of theater producers is turning the prospective heist into a musical, as Fact points out. Written by Lauren Gundrum and Joel Esher, Martin Shkreli’s Game has a spot at Midtown International Festival. It is now seeking funding—check out the IndieGogo page here, and see their trailer below.

Watch an unrelated trailer, for another take on the heist, by YouTube channel ProbCauseTV and Elijah Alvarado:

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