Elon Musk, president of Tesla, at the Viva Tech reasonable in Paris, France, on Friday, June 16, 2023.
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A biopic on Elon Musk remains in the works at New York- based studio A24 with “Black Swan”- filmmaker Darren Aronofsky as the director, according to a source acquainted with the matter.
A24 protected the rights to Walter Isaacson’s bio on the world’s wealthiest individual, according to the source, who included the Musk biopic will be produced by Aronofsky’s production business, Protozoa Pictures.
“Glad Darren is doing it. He is one of the best,” Musk stated in an X post on Friday.
The studio has actually formerly dealt with the director to produce his movie “The Whale” starring Brendan Fraser that won Academy Awards for finest star, and finest makeup and hair styling.
Darren Aronofsky participates in the UK Premiere of ‘The Whale’ at the Royal Festival Hall throughout the 66 th BFI London Film Festival in London, United Kingdom on October 11, 2022.
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A24 gathered 18 Academy Award elections throughout 6 movies this year, coming 2nd just to home entertainment giant Walt Disney.
Isaacson’s book on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was made into an eponymous film by Universal in 2015 with Irish star Michael Fassbender representing the late tech magnate.
The book on Musk was launched by personal equity company KKR-owned book publishing powerhouse Simon & & Schuster in September.
The offer was extremely competitive with leading studios and movie makers in contention too, the source informed Reuters.
Musk, who is the chief of rocket maker and satellite interactions firm SpaceX, likewise heads the world’s most important car manufacturer Tesla and leads tunnel contractor The Boring Company and brain-chip company Neuralink.
The billionaire purchased social networks platform X, previously referred to as Twitter, in 2015 for $44 billion after a six-month legend.
