Surprisingly, 20th Century Fox has announced yesterday that they are 'moving forward' with their sequel to the 1987 film, Wall Street.

The movie, which epitomized what it was like to be on Wall Street during those 'greed is good days', also created the character of Gordon Gekko. Michael Douglass has said that he will reprise his role as the main character if the script is good enough.

The project has also gone through some creative problems. The original script writer has been replaced by Allan Loeb, a former Chicago Board of Trade stockbroker. So you would think the new film would have an increasingly real sense of accuracy in the dialog. However, Loeb's prior work includes writing the movie 21 (not great) and Things We Lost In The Fire (what?), so I still have my reservations about him.

But setting aside the finer details about the film, is now the best time for this? A large part of the American public hates Wall Street, thinking that infamous address is the root of all evil and the cause of the dreaded financial bailout. And although the new movie won't come out for a another few years, maybe that more dire and informed economic climate would be a great receptor for this film? Perhaps the film can include current event reference and serve as an enlightened synopsis of why 'greed isn't always good'?

This title screen is so epic. Gives me chills every time I drive under that bridge. (more photos after the jump)

In order to remember fonder, less depressing times on Wall Street, I had a chat with Stan from ScreenJunkies.com today to discuss the best stock market movies out there.

He put together a sweet list of the "6 Stock Market Movie Geniuses" from those films and I offered a little bit of 'expert advice' on how to properly appreciate these captains of industry.

Check it out, you can read the full list here.