Just a fortnight after massive online drug operation Silk Road was shut down by the FBI, the site and its creator, 29 year old William Ulbricht, are already getting turned into a movie.

After Earth failed. Lone Ranger flopped. R.I.P.D. fizzled. Studios' cash cow—the effects-laden, foreign-audience-compatible blockbuster—is drying up, and Hollywood is looking around for something new. What if the only thing that can save it… is another floundering industry?