Oliver Stone Delighted With Wall Street Films

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Oliver Stone thinks its "great" that his movies about the business world have become commerce in their own right.

The American director is famous for holding various figures in the economic sector to account with his political moviemaking. He disapproves of the alleged greedy actions of investment banks, and has been outspoken about the actions of economists and stockbrokers working on New York's Wall Street, home to the American stock exchange.

The director first criticised the goings-on in Wall Street in 1987, with an eponymous movie starring Charlie Sheen. The film is about a young stockbroker who is willing to do anything to get to the top, including getting involved in illegal operations.

Oliver made a follow-up movie - Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, which is out later this year - after being left horrified by the cases of corruption which emerged in the US following the global economic downturn.

"I love the idea of it because it's my first franchise movie. To make a business movie and it turns into a business is great!" laughed the star at a UK press conference.

The movie will follow the actions of disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko, the fictitious character from the 1987 movie, as he tries to alert the financial community of imminent economic doom. Charlie Sheen will reprise his role as Bud Fox. The movie also stars young talent including Carey Mulligan and Shia LaBeouf.

Michael Douglas is also in the movie, and was part of the reason Oliver decided to shoot it.

“He has aged, like a fine wine - I think it's time to see him return,” the director said in a separate interview. “I was nicely recompensed to come back 23 years later to follow up the story, which I wanted to do because we've reached a new level of greed.

“I'm shocked at the exaggeration of wealth. I thought that era was coming to an end in 1987 but it kept going and has reached unbelievable proportions.”