A Los Angeles-based entertainment company has acquired exclusive rights to the story of James Howells, a British man who lost a hard drive containing approximately 8,000 Bitcoin, valued at around $750 million, in a landfill in the UK. Howells lost the hard drive in 2013 and has since been attempting to recover it from the Docksway landfill site. The production company plans to produce a film about his experience and is also willing to support a global media campaign to assist Howells in his efforts to acquire the landfill for recovery purposes. The story has attracted renewed attention due to this development in Hollywood. This is an AI-generated article powered by DeepNewz, curated by The Defiant. For more information, including article sources, visit DeepNewz . To continue reading this as well as other DeFi and Web3 news, visit us at thedefiant.io