USA Today has your first look at Wall Street: Where Money Never Sleeps, a sequel to the 1987 film Wall Street. Michael Douglas reprises his role of Gordon Gekko and is joined by Shia Labeouf, Josh Brolin and Carey Mulligan. It's 2008, and hedge-fund trader Jacob Moore (Shia LeBeouf) is watching as the stock market and his future take a downward spiral on his computer screen. "He's a very successful investment banker and his firm is being threatened with bankruptcy," Stone explains.

Jacob first meets his future father-in-law on the subway after hearing him lecture at Fordham business school. Gekko has been out of jail for seven years after serving 14 years for insider trading and has written a book, Is Greed Good?, that forecasts the coming collapse of the market.

Gekko, trying to re-establish himself and eager to renew contact with his daughter, Winnie, seizes the chance to make a deal with the young trader. "Don't forget," Stone says, "Gekko might have the charm of a Michael Douglas, but he is a reptile at heart."

Since Gekko's heyday, a new breed of ruthless investor has taken over the financial world as represented by Josh Brolin's banking kingpin Bretton James.

Winnie, standing outside her walkup brownstone in Soho, eventually suspects Jacob is in cahoots with her father, which causes a rift in their relationship. "Carey is a strong young actress who brings class and quality to the film," says Stone, who hired the 24-year-old British breakout star after seeing her in An Education. "I cast her blind without an audition. She was a perfect match for Shia, and brought his game up."

Source: USA Today