Gaumont USA Options ‘Opus,’ an Explosive Exposé of Shadowy Catholic Organization Opus Dei (EXCLUSIVE)

Mar 18, 2026 3:00am PT Gaumont USA Options ‘Opus,’ an Explosive Exposé of Shadowy Catholic Organization Opus Dei (EXCLUSIVE)

One of the biggest bank failures in Europe, Banco Popular’s 2017 crash in Spain led financial journalist Gareth Gore to discover how it was used as a cash cow by Opus Dei, the still hugely powerful Catholic movement

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"Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy inside the Catholic Church" and author Gareth Gore. Courtesy USA Gaumont

L.A.-based Gaumont USA has optioned audiovisual rights to “Opus, financial journalist Gareth Gore’s explosive exposé of Opus Dei, sparked by the sudden 2017 collapse of Spain’s Banco Popular, one of the country’s biggest high-street banks, is what Gore calls “one of the largest bank failures ever seen in Europe.”

The deal was struck by Gaumont USA and the media rights team at Curtis Brown, which represents Gore.

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