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Misha Brown almost got eaten by a walrus in Antarctica.
But it’s fine. Totally fine. He survived. (Barely.)
And because he survived, he’s now around to tell us all about the world’s biggest flops.
Let’s back up a second, though. The reason he was in Antarctica in the first place is because, pre-pandemic, he spent a lot of time working as a performer on cruise ships. The schedule was brutal–contracts often last several months, and as Brown puts it, that means staffers both “live and work at work” with extremely tight schedules and multiple daily performances. Despite that, he enjoyed it. He’d always been into musical theater, and spent the 13 years before Covid onstage.
Then, of course,...
Misha Brown almost got eaten by a walrus in Antarctica.
But it’s fine. Totally fine. He survived. (Barely.)
And because he survived, he’s now around to tell us all about the world’s biggest flops.
Let’s back up a second, though. The reason he was in Antarctica in the first place is because, pre-pandemic, he spent a lot of time working as a performer on cruise ships. The schedule was brutal–contracts often last several months, and as Brown puts it, that means staffers both “live and work at work” with extremely tight schedules and multiple daily performances. Despite that, he enjoyed it. He’d always been into musical theater, and spent the 13 years before Covid onstage.
Then, of course,...
- 5/22/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Early in The Killer, Michael Fassbender’s titular assassin bemoans the fact that elaborate, “cage-rattling” murder-for-hire jobs are tedious, and wonders “when’s the last time I had a nice, quiet drowning?”
For David Fincher, a director known for big swings, The Killer is his quiet drowning, a focused pulp thriller that feels intimate and small-scale despite its globe-trotting plot. If it lacks the bombast and provocations of Fincher’s masterpieces, it makes up for them with a wry sense of humor and a main character whose inner monologue reveals that this might be the director’s most personal film yet.
Loosely based on a graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, The Killer concerns an assassin who we meet in Paris, sitting in an abandoned WeWork preparing for his next job. For much of the first half hour, we watch him go through his routine – adjusting and readjusting his scope, conducting...
For David Fincher, a director known for big swings, The Killer is his quiet drowning, a focused pulp thriller that feels intimate and small-scale despite its globe-trotting plot. If it lacks the bombast and provocations of Fincher’s masterpieces, it makes up for them with a wry sense of humor and a main character whose inner monologue reveals that this might be the director’s most personal film yet.
Loosely based on a graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, The Killer concerns an assassin who we meet in Paris, sitting in an abandoned WeWork preparing for his next job. For much of the first half hour, we watch him go through his routine – adjusting and readjusting his scope, conducting...
- 11/20/2023
- by Chris Williams
- CinemaNerdz
"Stick to the plan. Anticipate. Don't improvise." These are the mantra-like words of the nameless assassin in David Fincher's "The Killer." You could also imagine Fincher himself running those same words through his head as he obsessively makes a film. "The Killer" is clearly like catnip to the director — it's the story of an obsessive guy who meticulously goes about his work. Fincher makes movies. The Killer kills people. I'm not saying Fincher is on the same level as a cold-blooded killer, but he clearly sees a lot of himself (and his approach to his work) in his latest protagonist.
"The Killer" is a film as cold and calculating as its main character. One gets the sense that Fincher and writer Andrew Kevin Walker are going for something darkly funny, too, but the humor, while there, never quite connects. Part of that has to do with Michael Fassbender, who...
"The Killer" is a film as cold and calculating as its main character. One gets the sense that Fincher and writer Andrew Kevin Walker are going for something darkly funny, too, but the humor, while there, never quite connects. Part of that has to do with Michael Fassbender, who...
- 10/25/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Reuniting the filmmaker with his “Seven” screenwriter, Andrew Kevin Walker, adapting a pulpy genre potboiler with icy crisp precision and deploying near total formal command to question the limits of control, David Fincher’s “The Killer” readily and openly welcomes comparisons to much of the director’s prior filmography. But it is genuinely startling that this chilly hit-man drama feels most like a sideways follow-up to “The Social Network” than anything else.
Now, that means a thematic sequel or a bookend – don’t expect Mark, Sean or the Winkelvii to turn up beneath our nameless assassin’s crosshairs. Only just as “The Social Network” traced the birth of the modern information age to a dorm room some twenty years ago, here comes “The Killer” to make sense of how things turned out.
This being a David Fincher joint, the answers aren’t pretty, while the images are nearly always sublime.
Now, that means a thematic sequel or a bookend – don’t expect Mark, Sean or the Winkelvii to turn up beneath our nameless assassin’s crosshairs. Only just as “The Social Network” traced the birth of the modern information age to a dorm room some twenty years ago, here comes “The Killer” to make sense of how things turned out.
This being a David Fincher joint, the answers aren’t pretty, while the images are nearly always sublime.
- 9/3/2023
- by Ben Croll
- The Wrap
Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Venice Film Festival. Netflix releases the film in limited theaters on Friday, October 27, with a streaming release to follow on Friday, November 10.
Like the “Jeanne Dielman” of assassin movies, “The Killer” centers on how the self-started glitches in one character’s routine cause their carefully ordered world to fall slowly off its axis. David Fincher’s sleek if small genre exercise plants us into the orbital sockets of an unnamed killer-for-hire, played by Michael Fassbender, whose self-deceptions catch up to him amid a contract job gone just about an inch wrong in Paris.
There are few surprises in this straight-line thriller, well-executed within a millimeter of its life as ever by the “Gone Girl” and “Social Network” director. Here, the perfectionist, you-might-say-control-freak director punches up a nimbly sketched screenplay by “Seven” scribe Andrew Kevin Walker that evokes no sympathy for its protagonist,...
Like the “Jeanne Dielman” of assassin movies, “The Killer” centers on how the self-started glitches in one character’s routine cause their carefully ordered world to fall slowly off its axis. David Fincher’s sleek if small genre exercise plants us into the orbital sockets of an unnamed killer-for-hire, played by Michael Fassbender, whose self-deceptions catch up to him amid a contract job gone just about an inch wrong in Paris.
There are few surprises in this straight-line thriller, well-executed within a millimeter of its life as ever by the “Gone Girl” and “Social Network” director. Here, the perfectionist, you-might-say-control-freak director punches up a nimbly sketched screenplay by “Seven” scribe Andrew Kevin Walker that evokes no sympathy for its protagonist,...
- 9/3/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
At least no one will get to the end of director David Fincher’s latest, The Killer, and feel in any way misled by the title. Or the film’s droll, on-the-nose tagline for that matter: “Execution is everything,” arguably the most Fincherian tagline ever, as a colleague pointed out.
Adapted by longtime Fincher collaborator Andrew Kevin Walker from a graphic novel written by Alexis Nolent (aka Matz) and illustrated by Luc Jacamon, this wry, efficient and very process-oriented crime thriller revolves around an unnamed assassin played by Michael Fassbender. Descended from a long line of cinematic guns for hire, he’s less ruthless than affectless, almost literally the shadow of a man. (As lit by Dp Erik Messerschmidt, his face constantly disappears into the dark under the brim of his cheap bucket hat.)
However, this killer is compelled to vary his usual routine when a hit in Paris goes wrong.
Adapted by longtime Fincher collaborator Andrew Kevin Walker from a graphic novel written by Alexis Nolent (aka Matz) and illustrated by Luc Jacamon, this wry, efficient and very process-oriented crime thriller revolves around an unnamed assassin played by Michael Fassbender. Descended from a long line of cinematic guns for hire, he’s less ruthless than affectless, almost literally the shadow of a man. (As lit by Dp Erik Messerschmidt, his face constantly disappears into the dark under the brim of his cheap bucket hat.)
However, this killer is compelled to vary his usual routine when a hit in Paris goes wrong.
- 9/3/2023
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
This article contains spoilers for Jack Ryan season 4.
Superheroic CIA analyst Jack Ryan is one of author Tom Clancy’s most iconic creations. In addition to spawning a whole “Ryanverse” in print, Jack has been played by some of Hollywood’s most prominent heavy hitters including Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine.
With the release of Prime Video’s Jack Ryan season 4, however, one actor can now comfortably claim to being Jack-ier than the rest. This season represents John Krasinski’s (The Office) fourth and final time embodying Jack Ryan’s very big shoes, giving him at least two more Jack Ryan adventures over any other actor. Still, someone else will inevitably take over the Ryan reigns one day as this season marks the end for both Krasinski’s depiction of the character and the series known as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan overall.
So how does...
Superheroic CIA analyst Jack Ryan is one of author Tom Clancy’s most iconic creations. In addition to spawning a whole “Ryanverse” in print, Jack has been played by some of Hollywood’s most prominent heavy hitters including Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine.
With the release of Prime Video’s Jack Ryan season 4, however, one actor can now comfortably claim to being Jack-ier than the rest. This season represents John Krasinski’s (The Office) fourth and final time embodying Jack Ryan’s very big shoes, giving him at least two more Jack Ryan adventures over any other actor. Still, someone else will inevitably take over the Ryan reigns one day as this season marks the end for both Krasinski’s depiction of the character and the series known as Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan overall.
So how does...
- 7/14/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
When “Summer of Soul” sold for $15 million out of the 2021 pandemic-virtual Sundance Film Festival, we saw the peak of the documentary boom. Questlove’s feature debut was a Sundance record, but it wasn’t alone; other Sundance docs like “Fire of Love” and “Flee” sold for high-seven figures.
Today, Sundance 2023 premiere “It’s Only Life After All,” which included its subjects the Indigo Girls performing at the festival’s Opening Night fundraiser, has yet to find a buyer. Ditto “Going Varsity in Mariachi,” “The Disappearance of Shere Hite,” or Doug Liman’s Brett Kavanaugh doc “Justice.”
Sundance also had documentaries that came with distribution, like Hulu’s “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” Amazon’s “Judy Blume Forever,” and Apple’s “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.” However, if you’re looking for documentaries that aren’t based on high-recognition IP, or concepts that can’t be parceled into irresistible, cliff-hanging episodes — well,...
Today, Sundance 2023 premiere “It’s Only Life After All,” which included its subjects the Indigo Girls performing at the festival’s Opening Night fundraiser, has yet to find a buyer. Ditto “Going Varsity in Mariachi,” “The Disappearance of Shere Hite,” or Doug Liman’s Brett Kavanaugh doc “Justice.”
Sundance also had documentaries that came with distribution, like Hulu’s “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,” Amazon’s “Judy Blume Forever,” and Apple’s “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.” However, if you’re looking for documentaries that aren’t based on high-recognition IP, or concepts that can’t be parceled into irresistible, cliff-hanging episodes — well,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Welcome to the 202nd episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
You’re the Worst creator Stephen Falk joins the podcast this week for a conversation about showrunners for hire and his new show, Apple’s Billy Crudup starrer Hello Tomorrow, on which he does just that. Falk also opens up about the larger themes at play in the retro-futuristic comedy and the issues that are front and center as the Writers Guild prepares to hammer down a new deal with the studios. Falk also shares an update on his WeWork TV series with Succession...
Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).
You’re the Worst creator Stephen Falk joins the podcast this week for a conversation about showrunners for hire and his new show, Apple’s Billy Crudup starrer Hello Tomorrow, on which he does just that. Falk also opens up about the larger themes at play in the retro-futuristic comedy and the issues that are front and center as the Writers Guild prepares to hammer down a new deal with the studios. Falk also shares an update on his WeWork TV series with Succession...
- 2/17/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
BuzzFeed, the internet news site that popularized the listicle and broke major political and entertainment news, is the subject of an upcoming documentary from Kelsey Darragh, a former staffer and filmmaker.
The film, which is currently in production, is backed by producer and financier Bright West Entertainment, which previously made “Subject” and “Sirens.” The company has partnered with the Emmy Award-winning production team at Campfire Studios, makers of Hulu’s “WeWork” and HBO Max’s “Low Country,” on the project.
The filmmaker say they plan to track BuzzFeed’s “rapid ascent and dominance in the early days of viral video,” but it’s not all clicks and soaring traffic. The film will also look at the “chaotic and often criticized workplace environment” at BuzzFeed. The company went public in 2021 and its stock has had plummeted more than 80 since then.
The film has a personal connection. Darragh, the maker of an upcoming documentary feature “Rehumanize,...
The film, which is currently in production, is backed by producer and financier Bright West Entertainment, which previously made “Subject” and “Sirens.” The company has partnered with the Emmy Award-winning production team at Campfire Studios, makers of Hulu’s “WeWork” and HBO Max’s “Low Country,” on the project.
The filmmaker say they plan to track BuzzFeed’s “rapid ascent and dominance in the early days of viral video,” but it’s not all clicks and soaring traffic. The film will also look at the “chaotic and often criticized workplace environment” at BuzzFeed. The company went public in 2021 and its stock has had plummeted more than 80 since then.
The film has a personal connection. Darragh, the maker of an upcoming documentary feature “Rehumanize,...
- 11/17/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a version of “WeCrashed,” the Apple TV+ limited series that tracks the rise and fall of WeWork, that could have made co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Neumann, into outright villains. But rather than cast judgment on the Neumanns, the show presents their actions and allows viewers to decide what to think on their own.
“We felt it was our job as writers to understand these two people as best we could and to really try to almost craft psychological profiles of the two of them,” co-creator Drew Crevello tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “And then from that, we reverse-engineered the characters through which we could tell this story. And you can’t do that you can’t really take a deep dive into someone’s life without developing empathy.”
SEEJared Leto interview: ‘WeCrashed’
Starring Oscar-winning actors Jared Leto as Adam and Anne Hathaway as Rebekah,...
“We felt it was our job as writers to understand these two people as best we could and to really try to almost craft psychological profiles of the two of them,” co-creator Drew Crevello tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “And then from that, we reverse-engineered the characters through which we could tell this story. And you can’t do that you can’t really take a deep dive into someone’s life without developing empathy.”
SEEJared Leto interview: ‘WeCrashed’
Starring Oscar-winning actors Jared Leto as Adam and Anne Hathaway as Rebekah,...
- 6/5/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
WeWork founder and former CEO Adam Neumann, who steered his real estate office company through some disastrous decisions, only to walk away from it with 1.7 billion, was a tell-tale ripe for a binge-viewing era.
What was the way into this Icarus story? For co-creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, it was through Adam’s wife, Rebekah. To this date, despite the duo being forced out of WeWork, the couple remains happily married.
Listen to our conversation with the duo below:
“The relationship with Adam and Rebekah felt like a fresh way of exploring a business story,” explains Eisenberg.
“We talked about this character, this charismatic, larger than life salesman, in how they’d been part of these bubbles through the ages,” says Crevello, “So charismatic, he could generate billions of investment.”
“Rebekah pulled this story into a love story,” added Crevello on Crew Call today.
Though on the sidelines, she gave WeWork an ethos,...
What was the way into this Icarus story? For co-creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, it was through Adam’s wife, Rebekah. To this date, despite the duo being forced out of WeWork, the couple remains happily married.
Listen to our conversation with the duo below:
“The relationship with Adam and Rebekah felt like a fresh way of exploring a business story,” explains Eisenberg.
“We talked about this character, this charismatic, larger than life salesman, in how they’d been part of these bubbles through the ages,” says Crevello, “So charismatic, he could generate billions of investment.”
“Rebekah pulled this story into a love story,” added Crevello on Crew Call today.
Though on the sidelines, she gave WeWork an ethos,...
- 5/25/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Hulu’s WeWork director Jed Rothstein is forging landmark Sky documentary Once Upon a Time in Londongrad, exploring 14 mysterious deaths in the UK with alleged connections to Russia over two decades. Scroll down for the trailer.
Oscar-winning production outfit Rise Films is behind the show in association with in association with Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, BuzzFeed Studios and Concordia Studio.
Helmed by investigative reporter Heidi Blake, the doc series is incredibly timely and will examine how Vladimir Putin’s two decades in power have made the UK reliant on Russian money and thereby led to missed opportunities to contain the Kremlin.
The deaths, which include high-profiles such as Alexander Litvinenko, will be explored in connection with the hidden underworld of Russian exiles in London, coming as high-profile Russians living in the UK such as former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich face sanctions. The issue has...
Oscar-winning production outfit Rise Films is behind the show in association with in association with Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, BuzzFeed Studios and Concordia Studio.
Helmed by investigative reporter Heidi Blake, the doc series is incredibly timely and will examine how Vladimir Putin’s two decades in power have made the UK reliant on Russian money and thereby led to missed opportunities to contain the Kremlin.
The deaths, which include high-profiles such as Alexander Litvinenko, will be explored in connection with the hidden underworld of Russian exiles in London, coming as high-profile Russians living in the UK such as former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich face sanctions. The issue has...
- 5/16/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
In the past, when Jared Leto has transformed himself for a role, it was often as part of a larger ensemble, as he did in last year’s “House of Gucci” or 2013’s “Dallas Buyers Club,” which won Leto an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. But for his latest performance as real-life WeWork co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann on “WeCrashed,” Leto is in almost every scene of the eight-episode Apple TV+ limited series. For the famously committed actor, the series was “the opportunity of a lifetime.”
“I’d never had that kind of challenge. I’d never had that much dialogue. I’d never given that many speeches – speeches upon speeches upon speeches. And I was ready for it. I never felt more ready for it, than I felt on that set,” Leto tells Gold Derby of his acclaimed performance. “I’ve been maybe avoiding this for a long time.
“I’d never had that kind of challenge. I’d never had that much dialogue. I’d never given that many speeches – speeches upon speeches upon speeches. And I was ready for it. I never felt more ready for it, than I felt on that set,” Leto tells Gold Derby of his acclaimed performance. “I’ve been maybe avoiding this for a long time.
- 5/12/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
The writing process on season 4 of enormously popular HBO series “Succession” is nearly complete, creator Jesse Armstrong has revealed.
Matthew Macfadyen won supporting actor at the Virgin Media BAFTA TV awards in London on Sunday for “Succession.” Macfadyen was not able to be present to accept the award. Armstrong collected the award on his actor’s behalf and later met the press backstage.
“We’re almost done with the writing for season 4, here in London, with the American writers coming over,” Armstrong said. “They’re a really great group of people to talk about the nuances of character and the world and what we’re doing on the show.”
Armstrong described the area where the writing is done as “pretty boring” – a boardroom akin to a “Spaces meets WeWork.” He said that once he has got everything for the season, he will share it with the cast and get their feedback,...
Matthew Macfadyen won supporting actor at the Virgin Media BAFTA TV awards in London on Sunday for “Succession.” Macfadyen was not able to be present to accept the award. Armstrong collected the award on his actor’s behalf and later met the press backstage.
“We’re almost done with the writing for season 4, here in London, with the American writers coming over,” Armstrong said. “They’re a really great group of people to talk about the nuances of character and the world and what we’re doing on the show.”
Armstrong described the area where the writing is done as “pretty boring” – a boardroom akin to a “Spaces meets WeWork.” He said that once he has got everything for the season, he will share it with the cast and get their feedback,...
- 5/8/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
It starts with a black screen and the opening notes of “Happy Man” by Jungle before providing “WeCrashed” viewers with an unforgettable image: a literal horse’s ass as it slowly walks through a modern office space. “Can you believe we got away with that?” Stefan Draht, the co-director of the main title sequence for the Apple TV+ limited series “WeCrashed,” tells Gold Derby. “It sets it right up. This is going to be a little bananas and this story’s going to get weird.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Based on the podcast of the same name about the rise and fall of WeWork and its co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann (played by Jared Leto), “WeCrashed” is a show that constantly subverts the audiences’ expectations. Rather than treat Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Neumann (Anne Hathaway), as outright punchlines, the series intentionally avoids putting its finger on the proverbial scales.
Based on the podcast of the same name about the rise and fall of WeWork and its co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann (played by Jared Leto), “WeCrashed” is a show that constantly subverts the audiences’ expectations. Rather than treat Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Neumann (Anne Hathaway), as outright punchlines, the series intentionally avoids putting its finger on the proverbial scales.
- 5/2/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “The One With All the Money,” the series finale of “WeCrashed.”
Despite starring in a limited series about the very public demise of a somewhat cult-like multi-billion dollar company, Kyle Marvin is rather uninterested in drama.
“It’s easy to poke fun at people, and it’s hard to empathize with people,” says Marvin, who plays WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey in “WeCrashed.” “I think we’re hardwired for the salacious version of these stories. We’re hardwired to call this true crime, and hunt for, ‘When was he an asshole? When did he punch someone in the face?’ We’re always hunting for something nasty.”
This perspective makes sense, given Miguel’s role in the story. Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) is the wild-eyed face of the company, comparing himself to a god and earnestly envisioning himself as the world’s first trillionaire.
Despite starring in a limited series about the very public demise of a somewhat cult-like multi-billion dollar company, Kyle Marvin is rather uninterested in drama.
“It’s easy to poke fun at people, and it’s hard to empathize with people,” says Marvin, who plays WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey in “WeCrashed.” “I think we’re hardwired for the salacious version of these stories. We’re hardwired to call this true crime, and hunt for, ‘When was he an asshole? When did he punch someone in the face?’ We’re always hunting for something nasty.”
This perspective makes sense, given Miguel’s role in the story. Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) is the wild-eyed face of the company, comparing himself to a god and earnestly envisioning himself as the world’s first trillionaire.
- 4/22/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Writer, director, and actor O-t Fagbenle is a busy man! Emmy-nominated for his supporting role as Luke Bankole in The Handmaid’s Tale, Fagbenle most recently starred opposite Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh in Marvel’s Black Widow. He also stars as Barack Obama in Showtime’s anthology series The First Lady alongside Oscar winner Viola Davis. He also recently wrote, co-directed, exec produced and starred in six-part comedy series Maxxx.
Along with The First Lady, Fagbenle appears in several episodes of the Apple + TV show WeCrashed (which is of course about the WeWork disaster involving Adam and Rebecca Neuman). Created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, WeCrashed is about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
In the show, the actor plays Cameron Lautner, a partner at a...
Along with The First Lady, Fagbenle appears in several episodes of the Apple + TV show WeCrashed (which is of course about the WeWork disaster involving Adam and Rebecca Neuman). Created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, WeCrashed is about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
In the show, the actor plays Cameron Lautner, a partner at a...
- 4/19/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Bob Chapek, the Disney CEO who is under siege, hopefully does not watch much TV. If he does, he’ll see a succession of fellow CEOs who seem prone to self-destruction — Adam Neumann of WeWork, Travis Kalanick of Uber, Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos, etc. — portrayed on buzzy TV series. Viewing these shows back to back, the stolid Chapek might wonder whether the CEO is extinct as a folk hero.
To be sure, the CEOs depicted in this cycle of streamers’ series are uniformly greedy and delusional, though gifted in the hyperbole of “technospeak.” In WeCrashed, Neumann, played by Jared Leto, re-imagines renting work space as a business that “will elevate the world’s consciousness.” In Super Pumped, Kalanick (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) re-defines Uber as a “higher form of life.”
The cycle is easy to dismiss except that headlines tell us a surprising number of working CEOs seem to be falling on their swords.
To be sure, the CEOs depicted in this cycle of streamers’ series are uniformly greedy and delusional, though gifted in the hyperbole of “technospeak.” In WeCrashed, Neumann, played by Jared Leto, re-imagines renting work space as a business that “will elevate the world’s consciousness.” In Super Pumped, Kalanick (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) re-defines Uber as a “higher form of life.”
The cycle is easy to dismiss except that headlines tell us a surprising number of working CEOs seem to be falling on their swords.
- 3/31/2022
- by Peter Bart
- Deadline Film + TV
Of all this season’s limited series based on high-profile incidents of chicanery, “The Dropout” stands out. More than Showtime’s Uber show, Apple’s WeWork show, or Netflix’s Anna Delvey show, Hulu’s look at the life and career of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes feels as though it has a certain point-of-view on its subject. And that subject – Holmes, as played by Amanda Seyfried, and the culture that made her – finds brilliant expression in the series’ music choices, overseen by music supervisor Maggie Phillips. Rarely in recent memory has a pop soundtrack been leveraged so effectively, and so eerily, to underscore points the show is making.
Consider, for instance, a scene in which a pre-fame Holmes is waiting outside the Apple Store on the day of the iPhone’s release. Holmes, who idolized Steve Jobs, is in a giddy reverie as Feist’s “1234” plays; the song will, for a certain subset of viewers,...
Consider, for instance, a scene in which a pre-fame Holmes is waiting outside the Apple Store on the day of the iPhone’s release. Holmes, who idolized Steve Jobs, is in a giddy reverie as Feist’s “1234” plays; the song will, for a certain subset of viewers,...
- 3/29/2022
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
The latest in a recent boom of shows about scammers, “WeCrashed” chronicles the unicorn startup company WeWork, co-founded by Adam Neumann and his wife Rebekah Paltrow Neumann back in 2010 in New York (along with Miguel McKelvey).
The Apple TV+ limited series focuses on the rapid and erratic growth of WeWork, a company that leases different office spaces and transforms them into work environments better conducive to work and productivity. The vague mission statement of WeWork is “to elevate the world’s consciousness.
Beneath the company is a chaotic couple, whose energy becomes magnified by Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in their portrayals of the Neumanns. More famous faces bring other players in the business world to life as well, as exemplified in our complete “WeCrashed” cast and character guide.
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The Apple TV+ limited series focuses on the rapid and erratic growth of WeWork, a company that leases different office spaces and transforms them into work environments better conducive to work and productivity. The vague mission statement of WeWork is “to elevate the world’s consciousness.
Beneath the company is a chaotic couple, whose energy becomes magnified by Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in their portrayals of the Neumanns. More famous faces bring other players in the business world to life as well, as exemplified in our complete “WeCrashed” cast and character guide.
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- 3/18/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Maybe you should just watch the documentary. This is unfortunately the sentiment that goes along with many of the current slate of shows about scam artists. WeCrashed, Apple TV’s limited drama about the meteoric rise and disastrous fall of unicorn start-up WeWork, is no different. At the center of WeCrashed is what the series terms a love story (I’m not so convinced but alright). Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) is a broke entrepreneur trying to make it in the big city, who falls for the spiritually oriented Rebekah Paltrow (Anne Hathaway). The series is as invested in this relationship as it is in telling the story of a doomed co-working company run by an egomaniac. This means that anyone who has seen the Hulu documentary, WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn, may notice a lot missing from this version of the story, from minor details,...
- 3/16/2022
- TV Insider
At first glance, “WeCrashed” seems to be the latest limited series in the recent cycle of shows about real-life business disaster cases and variations on financial scamming. And it is that, overlapping with the cocky, growth-obsessed hubris of “Super Pumped” and the Manhattan status-seeking of “Inventing Anna.” But this eight-episode Apple TV+ limited series is also well-timed, at least in theory: With debate raging about the viability of a return to in-person work, “WeCrashed” is most compelling when it examines what, exactly, work means to people — especially people who depend on their supposed calling to nourish their identity (and inflate their sense of self-importance), rather than carrying them from paycheck to paycheck.
If that sounds more than a bit rarified, well, that’s the world in which “WeCrashed” immerses itself — to sometimes fascinating and sometimes myopically repetitive results. Unlike the sprawling (and often unwieldy) “Inventing Anna,” “WeCrashed” zeroes in on its two wannabe-marquee attractions,...
If that sounds more than a bit rarified, well, that’s the world in which “WeCrashed” immerses itself — to sometimes fascinating and sometimes myopically repetitive results. Unlike the sprawling (and often unwieldy) “Inventing Anna,” “WeCrashed” zeroes in on its two wannabe-marquee attractions,...
- 3/12/2022
- by Jesse Hassenger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Campfire Studios, the company behind HBO Max docuseries The Way Down and Hulu’s WeWork doc, is expanding its scripted division and has hired former Marc Platt Productions exec Ryan Christians to oversee a new push.
The Wheelhouse-backed producer, run by Ross Dinerstein, is best known for its documentary output but it has a number of scripted credits including Special, the Ryan O’Connell-created dramedy series, Stephen King thriller 1922, Rattlesnake and comedy The Package, all for Netflix as well as IFC’s cult horror The Pact.
Christians has worked closely with Campfire on production of Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy Players, which is a co-production between Dinerstein’s company and Marc Platt and stars Gina Rodriguez and Damon Wayans.
He joins as SVP and Head of Scripted Content and has been tasked with growing its scripted output. The company already has various scripted projects in development for streaming platforms,...
The Wheelhouse-backed producer, run by Ross Dinerstein, is best known for its documentary output but it has a number of scripted credits including Special, the Ryan O’Connell-created dramedy series, Stephen King thriller 1922, Rattlesnake and comedy The Package, all for Netflix as well as IFC’s cult horror The Pact.
Christians has worked closely with Campfire on production of Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy Players, which is a co-production between Dinerstein’s company and Marc Platt and stars Gina Rodriguez and Damon Wayans.
He joins as SVP and Head of Scripted Content and has been tasked with growing its scripted output. The company already has various scripted projects in development for streaming platforms,...
- 3/9/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“I believed in her,” chemist Ian Gibbons (Stephen Fry) says of tech mogul Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) midway through the Hulu docudrama The Dropout. “I looked in her eyes and I thought… I thought I could see the future.”
Ian is far from the only person to believe this of Holmes, whose company, Theranos, promised to revolutionize health care with a device, the Edison, that would run multiple tests from a single drop of blood. The cult of personality around the black-clad young woman helped attract heavyweights like former secretary...
Ian is far from the only person to believe this of Holmes, whose company, Theranos, promised to revolutionize health care with a device, the Edison, that would run multiple tests from a single drop of blood. The cult of personality around the black-clad young woman helped attract heavyweights like former secretary...
- 2/25/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for ‘WeCrashed,’ giving a glimpse into the highly anticipated limited series starring Academy Award and SAG Award winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.
Based on the hit Wondery podcast ‘WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork’, the series is inspired by actual events – and the love story at the centre of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?
Kyle Marvin, America Ferrera and O-t Fagbenle star in the series alongside Leto and Hathaway.
Also in trailers – Trailer drops for season 2 of Sky series ‘Bloods’
The series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on March 18, followed by new weekly instalments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 22.
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Based on the hit Wondery podcast ‘WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork’, the series is inspired by actual events – and the love story at the centre of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?
Kyle Marvin, America Ferrera and O-t Fagbenle star in the series alongside Leto and Hathaway.
Also in trailers – Trailer drops for season 2 of Sky series ‘Bloods’
The series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on March 18, followed by new weekly instalments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 22.
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- 2/25/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway are creating a new kind of workspace in the full trailer for Apple TV+’s limited series WeCrashed.
Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, the eight-part drama explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. The company had grown from “a single co-working space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted.”
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Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, the eight-part drama explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. The company had grown from “a single co-working space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted.”
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- 2/24/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway are getting into the commercial real estate business. Well, sort of. The pair of Academy Award winners star in the trailer for WeCrashed, a limited series about the dramatic rise and fall of start-up WeWork, coming to Apple TV+ in March. Jared plays Adam Neumann, the brash head honcho of the shared workspace company, while Anne plays his wife and business partner Rebekah Neumann. Together, the two helped build WeWork into a company valued at over $10 billion before its eventual implosion in 2019, when both were forced to step down. In the trailer, Jared utilizes Adam's distinctive accent to paint an image of a man who was as bent on power as he...
- 2/24/2022
- E! Online
"Who wins in a fight - the smart guy, or the crazy guy?" Apple TV has debuted a full-length official trailer for the series WeCrashed, about another business flop story. Arriving on Apple streaming this March. The series tells the story of the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world's most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible. "Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?" Oh we all know what happened, but of course it makes for a good TV show to watch narcissistic, vane people make greedy, foolish mistakes. Too many stories like this. Starring Jared Leto as Adam Neumann, Anne Hathaway as Rebekah Neumann,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Another day, another streaming drama based on a podcast about con artists. Like the many others slated to hit our screens this year, "WeCrashed" tells the story of a startup built on greed, egos, and duped investors. But don't let the cynicism fool you, because this tale has the ooey-gooey center of a love story, starring Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto as the power-couple who brought WeWork to great highs before its memorable descent. The upcoming series from AppleTV+ takes its story from the hit Wondery podcast "WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork," retelling the tumultuous saga in...
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- 2/24/2022
- by Shania Russell
- Slash Film
This marriage truly redefines what it means to be together for better or for worse.
Jared Leto transformed into WeWork founder Adam Neumann for Apple TV+’s limited series “WeCrashed,” premiering March 18 with the first three episodes. Yet it’s Anne Hathaway’s turn as Rebekah Neumann that is the lynchpin to the rise and fall of the revolutionary co-working unicorn.
In the latest trailer for the series, which will be released in new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 22, Academy Award winners Leto and Hathaway play into the power dynamics within a guru-turned-tech billionaire relationship.
Based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello — who also serve as co-writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners — the AppleTV+ series also Kyle Marvin, America Ferrera, and O-t Fagbenle. “WeCrashed” is directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who also...
Jared Leto transformed into WeWork founder Adam Neumann for Apple TV+’s limited series “WeCrashed,” premiering March 18 with the first three episodes. Yet it’s Anne Hathaway’s turn as Rebekah Neumann that is the lynchpin to the rise and fall of the revolutionary co-working unicorn.
In the latest trailer for the series, which will be released in new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 22, Academy Award winners Leto and Hathaway play into the power dynamics within a guru-turned-tech billionaire relationship.
Based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello — who also serve as co-writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners — the AppleTV+ series also Kyle Marvin, America Ferrera, and O-t Fagbenle. “WeCrashed” is directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who also...
- 2/24/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway are looking to “change everything” in the first trailer for the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series WeCrashed. Based on the hit Wondery podcast WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork, the highly-anticipated drama is set to premiere globally with the first three episodes on March 18. New weekly installments will follow each Friday for an eight-episode run. “Come with me, and let’s build the future together,” says Leto’s Adam Neumann in the video teaser (watch below). The clip highlights the WeWork co-founder’s quest for fame and fortune as he builds his game-changing start-up company, all with his wife and muse Rebekah Neumann (Hathaway) by his side. Inspired by real-life events, WeCrashed traces the rise of WeWork from a single co-working space into a global brand worth $47 million in less than a decade before its monumental fall that saw its value plummet. The series...
- 2/24/2022
- TV Insider
Few would compare the accents between the buffoonish Paolo Gucci in “House of Gucci” and enthusiastic WeWork founder Adam Neumann, except maybe the Oscar-winning actor filling both roles onscreen.
In discussing his portrayal of Israeli billionaire Neumann in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series “WeCrashed” at a TCA panel, Jared Leto revealed how his noteworthy (and awards-contending) turn in “House of Gucci” rolled right into his performance as Neumann, drawing similarities between the two unique accents.
“I literally went from Italy to New York, just coming from ‘House of Gucci’ where I was playing Italian, and little did I know they actually have a lot of similarities, the two accents,” Leto said. “With Adam’s accent I wasn’t really doing an Israeli accent, I was doing Adam’s accent. An accent is just a series of mistakes. You learn how to say a word and maybe you don’t say it ‘correctly,...
In discussing his portrayal of Israeli billionaire Neumann in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series “WeCrashed” at a TCA panel, Jared Leto revealed how his noteworthy (and awards-contending) turn in “House of Gucci” rolled right into his performance as Neumann, drawing similarities between the two unique accents.
“I literally went from Italy to New York, just coming from ‘House of Gucci’ where I was playing Italian, and little did I know they actually have a lot of similarities, the two accents,” Leto said. “With Adam’s accent I wasn’t really doing an Israeli accent, I was doing Adam’s accent. An accent is just a series of mistakes. You learn how to say a word and maybe you don’t say it ‘correctly,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Love Only Murders in the Building? Then Apple TV+ has your next comedic murder mystery obsession at the ready.
In The Afterparty (three episodes are now available, with additional installments dropping on Fridays), a group of former friends and acquaintances reunite for their 15-year high school reunion. But when rich pop star Xavier (Dave Franco) invites them over for a decadent afterparty, the night ends in death, with one of their own believed to be the murderer. Each episode follows a different character’s perspective of what happened that night, and in the premiere, Aniq (Sam Richardson) is first up...
In The Afterparty (three episodes are now available, with additional installments dropping on Fridays), a group of former friends and acquaintances reunite for their 15-year high school reunion. But when rich pop star Xavier (Dave Franco) invites them over for a decadent afterparty, the night ends in death, with one of their own believed to be the murderer. Each episode follows a different character’s perspective of what happened that night, and in the premiere, Aniq (Sam Richardson) is first up...
- 1/28/2022
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway are putting the We in WeCrashed. The House of Gucci and The Devil Wears Prada actors transformed into Adam and Rebekah Neumann in the Apple TV+ series WeCrashed. Fans got a first look at the stars in a teaser dropped on Wednesday, Jan. 19. In the preview, Leto as Neumann introduces potential investors to the concept of WeWork, the company that introduced and monetized the concept of co-working for startups and other entrepreneurs. Leto's character describes WeWork as not just a business venture, but a "movement" that will change the way people work. Those who follow the news or listen to podcasts are already familiar...
- 1/19/2022
- E! Online
"WeWork isn't just a company - it's a movement." Apple has revealed their first official trailer for the new series WeCrashed, another look at an infamous business that started and failed pretty quickly. These kind of stories are so common these days, almost as if there's something wrong with the business world? This series tells the story of the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world's most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible. "Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?" Starring Jared Leto as Adam Neumann, Anne Hathaway as Rebekah Neumann, and Kyle Marvin as Miguel McKelvey. These stories are always the same - they really want fame & fortune,...
- 1/19/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The timing is impeccable, really. We just dropped our list of the Most Anticipated TV Show & Mini-Series of 2022, and well, right on cue, Apple TV+, via Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first look images of “WeCrashed” series starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. The AppleTV+ Original tech industry miniseries is coming this spring.
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- 12/15/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Wondery, the podcast company behind series such as Dr. Death and The Shrink Next Door, has found its next strange audio tale.
The Amazon-owned company is launching Operator, which tells the story of the people behind American TelNet, the company that singlehandedly brought live phone sex into the mainstream.
The series is hosted by Tina Horn, host of sex, kink and gender podcast Why Are People Into That? and creator of sci-fi sex rebel comic book series Sfsx.
In the early 1990s, American TelNet brought together an army of phone sex operators that focused on fostering a human connection – an empathetic ear to the lonely and repressed – and in the process, grossed over $2B. Despite the staggering revenue and groundbreaking innovations in aural connection, the podcast series uncovers the truth behind how the operators themselves were left to struggle alone with the shame and stigma of providing these live sexual services,...
The Amazon-owned company is launching Operator, which tells the story of the people behind American TelNet, the company that singlehandedly brought live phone sex into the mainstream.
The series is hosted by Tina Horn, host of sex, kink and gender podcast Why Are People Into That? and creator of sci-fi sex rebel comic book series Sfsx.
In the early 1990s, American TelNet brought together an army of phone sex operators that focused on fostering a human connection – an empathetic ear to the lonely and repressed – and in the process, grossed over $2B. Despite the staggering revenue and groundbreaking innovations in aural connection, the podcast series uncovers the truth behind how the operators themselves were left to struggle alone with the shame and stigma of providing these live sexual services,...
- 10/25/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: With a revamped WeWork poised to hit Wall Street with a multi-billion dollar IPO in just over a week, the former CEO of the once highly hyped startups workspace company has already made a killing of at HBO Max.
Booted from his top gig in September 2019 with a $1.7 billion parachute just before the company pulled its first planned IPO, WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has received a poignant re-evaluation of sorts from the WarnerMedia-owned streamer’s Generation Hustle.
Still having the tagline of “Is WeWork founder Adam Neumann a brilliant salesman or a false prophet who convinced an entire generation to follow him to the promised land?” the 46-minute second episode of the April 22 launching docuseries EP’d by Angie Day and Yon Motskin has made some pivotal changes after getting an informative correspondence or two from the well-documented ex-exec’s lawyers earlier this year, if you know what I mean?...
Booted from his top gig in September 2019 with a $1.7 billion parachute just before the company pulled its first planned IPO, WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has received a poignant re-evaluation of sorts from the WarnerMedia-owned streamer’s Generation Hustle.
Still having the tagline of “Is WeWork founder Adam Neumann a brilliant salesman or a false prophet who convinced an entire generation to follow him to the promised land?” the 46-minute second episode of the April 22 launching docuseries EP’d by Angie Day and Yon Motskin has made some pivotal changes after getting an informative correspondence or two from the well-documented ex-exec’s lawyers earlier this year, if you know what I mean?...
- 10/11/2021
- by Dominic Patten and Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Jared Leto says he got teargassed after being inadvertently caught up in an anti-Covid pass protest in Rome, Italy.
The Oscar-winner is understood to be in the Italian capital with his band, 30 Seconds To Mars. He took to his Instagram Stories in a now-expired post to share pictures and video of police confronting protestors, writing that he “got teargassed then called it a night.”
Per local reports, the protests are over Italy’s introduction of a new green pass system that mandates vaccines for some employees. The demonstrations have seen more than 10,000 people take to the streets and turned violent over the weekend, with police arresting 12 people. They were led by Italy’s far-right Forza Nuova party.
Leto will next be seen in Ridley Scott’s House Of Gucci, Marvel pic Morbius, and as Adam Neumann in the WeWork series WeCrashed.
The Oscar-winner is understood to be in the Italian capital with his band, 30 Seconds To Mars. He took to his Instagram Stories in a now-expired post to share pictures and video of police confronting protestors, writing that he “got teargassed then called it a night.”
Per local reports, the protests are over Italy’s introduction of a new green pass system that mandates vaccines for some employees. The demonstrations have seen more than 10,000 people take to the streets and turned violent over the weekend, with police arresting 12 people. They were led by Italy’s far-right Forza Nuova party.
Leto will next be seen in Ridley Scott’s House Of Gucci, Marvel pic Morbius, and as Adam Neumann in the WeWork series WeCrashed.
- 10/11/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy winner America Ferrera has joined the cast of WeCrashed, the AppleTV+ limited series about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
Ferrera will portray Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork, whose life is turned upside down as a result.
Previously announced cast includes Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.
The limited series is created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg — as part of his overall deal with Apple TV+ — and Drew Crevello, who also serve as EPs along with Requa, Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak and Natalie Sandy. Emma Ludbrook will executive produce alongside Leto through their Paradox production company. Wondery also will executive produce.
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Ferrera most recently wrapped on Season 2 of Netflix’s Gentefied, where she returned as executive producer and director.
Ferrera will portray Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork, whose life is turned upside down as a result.
Previously announced cast includes Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.
The limited series is created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg — as part of his overall deal with Apple TV+ — and Drew Crevello, who also serve as EPs along with Requa, Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak and Natalie Sandy. Emma Ludbrook will executive produce alongside Leto through their Paradox production company. Wondery also will executive produce.
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Ferrera most recently wrapped on Season 2 of Netflix’s Gentefied, where she returned as executive producer and director.
- 7/21/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s some heavenly casting news: Emmy winner America Ferrera — who most recently starred as Cloud 9 manager Amy Sosa on NBC’s Superstore — has been cast opposite Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in Apple TV+’s upcoming limited series WeCrashed.
Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, WeCrashed explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. Ferrera will play Elishia Kennedy, “a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork whose life is turned upside down as a result.
Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, WeCrashed explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. Ferrera will play Elishia Kennedy, “a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork whose life is turned upside down as a result.
- 7/21/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Apple’s limited series about the rise and fall of WeWork has added America Ferrera to its cast.
The Emmy winner will star opposite Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in WeCrashed. Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, the eight-episode drama will track the “greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the show’s logline.
Ferrera (Superstore, Ugly Betty) will play Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur who’s seduced into joining WeWork and whose life is turned upside down ...
The Emmy winner will star opposite Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in WeCrashed. Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, the eight-episode drama will track the “greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the show’s logline.
Ferrera (Superstore, Ugly Betty) will play Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur who’s seduced into joining WeWork and whose life is turned upside down ...
- 7/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Apple’s limited series about the rise and fall of WeWork has added America Ferrera to its cast.
The Emmy winner will star opposite Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in WeCrashed. Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, the eight-episode drama will track the “greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the show’s logline.
Ferrera (Superstore, Ugly Betty) will play Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur who’s seduced into joining WeWork and whose life is turned upside down ...
The Emmy winner will star opposite Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in WeCrashed. Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, the eight-episode drama will track the “greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the show’s logline.
Ferrera (Superstore, Ugly Betty) will play Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur who’s seduced into joining WeWork and whose life is turned upside down ...
- 7/21/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
A new documentary about the public life of Rudy Giuliani is now in production, and it’s based on the 2020 Rolling Stone article “What Happened to America’s Mayor?” by Seth Hettena. The film will be directed by Academy Award-nominated “Cutie and the Boxer” filmmaker Zach Heinzerling, and two-time News and Documentary Emmy Award winner Gabrielle Schonder, known for her contributions to “Frontline” and “60 Minutes.”
The film is being produced and financed MRC Non-Fiction, a division of MRC, which is currently engaged with IndieWire parent company Pmc in a joint venture partnership.
Per the official synopsis: “The film reflects on what Rudy Giuliani once represented to most Americans: a man whose steady response to the attacks of September 11th, 2001 transcended partisan politics and transformed him into a national hero, and explores how the man christened ‘America’s Mayor’ fell from grace and into a downward spiral that’s marred his once venerable reputation.
The film is being produced and financed MRC Non-Fiction, a division of MRC, which is currently engaged with IndieWire parent company Pmc in a joint venture partnership.
Per the official synopsis: “The film reflects on what Rudy Giuliani once represented to most Americans: a man whose steady response to the attacks of September 11th, 2001 transcended partisan politics and transformed him into a national hero, and explores how the man christened ‘America’s Mayor’ fell from grace and into a downward spiral that’s marred his once venerable reputation.
- 5/10/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Exclusive: The controversial life and career of Rudy Giuliani is to be the subject of a feature documentary from the team behind Hulu’s recent WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn doc.
Campfire Studios, the recently rebranded doc producer behind FX’s The Most Dangerous Animal of All and Netflix’s The Innocent Man, is producing the film with Jed Rothstein attached to direct. Rothstein helmed the WeWork doc as well as projects such as The China Hustle and Killing in the Name.
Olive Hill Media is fully financing the project, which is also being produced by Forbes Entertainment. It is the production arm of the business magazine’s latest film project and the project is based on its reporting of the former Mayor of New York and Donald Trump advisor over the last five decades.
Giuliani is a fascinating and divisive figure and has added...
Campfire Studios, the recently rebranded doc producer behind FX’s The Most Dangerous Animal of All and Netflix’s The Innocent Man, is producing the film with Jed Rothstein attached to direct. Rothstein helmed the WeWork doc as well as projects such as The China Hustle and Killing in the Name.
Olive Hill Media is fully financing the project, which is also being produced by Forbes Entertainment. It is the production arm of the business magazine’s latest film project and the project is based on its reporting of the former Mayor of New York and Donald Trump advisor over the last five decades.
Giuliani is a fascinating and divisive figure and has added...
- 5/10/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto star in the upcoming project
Kyle Marvin has joined Apple’s upcoming limited series on WeWork, where he’ll play a character inspired by co-founder Miguel McKelvey.
The limited series on the rise and fall of start-up WeWork stars Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto. It is titled “WeCrashed.” Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife and co-founder, Rebekah Neumann.
“WeCrashed” is from Drew Crevello and “Little America” co-creator Lee Eisenberg. It is based on Wondery’s podcast of the same name.
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Kyle Marvin has joined Apple’s upcoming limited series on WeWork, where he’ll play a character inspired by co-founder Miguel McKelvey.
The limited series on the rise and fall of start-up WeWork stars Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto. It is titled “WeCrashed.” Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife and co-founder, Rebekah Neumann.
“WeCrashed” is from Drew Crevello and “Little America” co-creator Lee Eisenberg. It is based on Wondery’s podcast of the same name.
Also Read:
Anne Hathaway to Star Opposite Jared Leto in Apple’s WeWork Limited Series
Hosted by veteran radio journalist David Brown, the podcast “WeCrashed” told the story of WeWork’s dramatic rise as a history-making start-up to its shocking decline under its charismatic CEO. Wondery’s Hernan Lopez, Marshall Lewy and Aaron Hart will also serve as...
- 4/26/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Kyle Marvin has been cast in a lead role opposite Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in the upcoming Apple limited series “WeCrashed,” which details the fall of WeWork, Variety has learned exclusively.
The series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. It is described as following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible. Marvin will star as Miguel McKelvey, the co-founder of WeWork. Leto is set to play fellow co-founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife, Rebekah Neumann.
Marvin’s feature debut, “The Climb,” debuted at the Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard. It went on to receive the Coup de Coeur Award. Marvin starred in the film and also produced and co-wrote alongside “The Climb” director Mike Covino.
He is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
The series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. It is described as following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible. Marvin will star as Miguel McKelvey, the co-founder of WeWork. Leto is set to play fellow co-founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife, Rebekah Neumann.
Marvin’s feature debut, “The Climb,” debuted at the Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard. It went on to receive the Coup de Coeur Award. Marvin starred in the film and also produced and co-wrote alongside “The Climb” director Mike Covino.
He is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
- 4/26/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Campfire, a producer of scripted and non-scripted content, has been on a tear.
The company debuted three films at this year’s SXSW, the buzzy documentaries “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” “Hysterical,” and “The Lost Sons,” and also fielded “A Glitch in the Matrix,” which scored rave reviews at Sundance. All told, the company will have nearly a dozen movies and shows scheduled to premiere in 2021, a remarkable burst of productivity given that Covid-19 has slowed production for the past 12 months.
“The pandemic didn’t really impede our growth,” says Ross M. Dinerstein, the company’s founder and CEO. “We were able to pivot quickly and figure out how to move much of our post-production remotely.”
The explosion of content is also being fueled by a key investor. In 2019, Wheelhouse Group, the media and investment firm created by Brent Montgomery and late night host Jimmy Kimmel,...
The company debuted three films at this year’s SXSW, the buzzy documentaries “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” “Hysterical,” and “The Lost Sons,” and also fielded “A Glitch in the Matrix,” which scored rave reviews at Sundance. All told, the company will have nearly a dozen movies and shows scheduled to premiere in 2021, a remarkable burst of productivity given that Covid-19 has slowed production for the past 12 months.
“The pandemic didn’t really impede our growth,” says Ross M. Dinerstein, the company’s founder and CEO. “We were able to pivot quickly and figure out how to move much of our post-production remotely.”
The explosion of content is also being fueled by a key investor. In 2019, Wheelhouse Group, the media and investment firm created by Brent Montgomery and late night host Jimmy Kimmel,...
- 4/5/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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“WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” the Jed Rothstein-directed documentary about the rise and fall of former billionaire business tycoon, Adam Neumann, premiered exclusively on Hulu on Friday.
If documentaries are a big part of your streaming routine, Hulu is a great destination to find an array of films to binge. From addictive true crime documentaries to fashion films, and behind-the-scenes looks at your favorite musicians and bands, Hulu has something for every kind of viewer.
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“WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” the Jed Rothstein-directed documentary about the rise and fall of former billionaire business tycoon, Adam Neumann, premiered exclusively on Hulu on Friday.
If documentaries are a big part of your streaming routine, Hulu is a great destination to find an array of films to binge. From addictive true crime documentaries to fashion films, and behind-the-scenes looks at your favorite musicians and bands, Hulu has something for every kind of viewer.
Not subscribed to Hulu? No problem. Monthly plans start at $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year for ad-supported streaming. The subscription gives you access to thousands of shows and movies. HBO Max, Cinemax,...
- 4/2/2021
- by Latifah Muhammad
- Indiewire
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