Alexandra Lebenthal‘s book “The Recessionistas” has been been optioned by Sony Television Pictures before the novel by the Wall Street CEO and society insider hits stands in paperback today. The author hopes Gwyneth Paltrow, Drew Barrymore, Brooke Shields and Bradley Cooper will play the title roles. The movie will chronicle the lives of fictional New York social and financial heavyweights during the 2008 financial crisis. We hear that with the markets currently on a daily roller coaster, there is already talk of a sequel.