It is possible that one day an excellent narrative feature in the vein of The Big Short, BlackBerry, Dumb Money or Margin Call will be made about MoviePass, a company built––and destroyed––by several larger-than-life figures. For now, we have Muta’Ali’s documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash, which provides a broad overview of the deal everyone knew was too good to be true: a company that, for about a year, was so obsessed with subscriber growth that they offered customers the chance to see one movie per day for only $9.95 month.
Inspired by a series of Business Insider articles, MoviePass, MovieCrash features interviews with the company’s founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt along with other company––insiders including Mitch Lowe, the man who would ultimately take Spikes’ position. In a bit of good luck, Muta’Ali gets the interview with Lowe just weeks before he’s indicted on securities fraud alongside Ted Farnsworth,...
Inspired by a series of Business Insider articles, MoviePass, MovieCrash features interviews with the company’s founders Stacy Spikes and Hamet Watt along with other company––insiders including Mitch Lowe, the man who would ultimately take Spikes’ position. In a bit of good luck, Muta’Ali gets the interview with Lowe just weeks before he’s indicted on securities fraud alongside Ted Farnsworth,...
- 3/11/2024
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
If you’ve turned on a television in 2023, there’s a good chance you’ve encountered a male tech billionaire with a penchant for breaking the rules. On “Succession,” there was Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård), the Swedish maverick who rendered the titular question moot by swallowing Waystar Royco whole. “The Morning Show” featured Paul Marks (Jon Hamm), the aerospace magnate who flirted with both Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy and acquiring her employer. FX’s “A Murder at the End of the World” included Andy Ronson (Clive Owen), the mysterious genius whose Icelandic retreat takes a deadly turn.
All these characters are composites, with elements of multiple real-life oligarchs with an outsized influence on world affairs. Matsson has shades of Daniel Ek, Scandinavia’s most famous entrepreneur and the fellow proprietor of a streaming service; Marks using a morning show to promote his privately run rocket launch directly invokes Michael Strahan...
All these characters are composites, with elements of multiple real-life oligarchs with an outsized influence on world affairs. Matsson has shades of Daniel Ek, Scandinavia’s most famous entrepreneur and the fellow proprietor of a streaming service; Marks using a morning show to promote his privately run rocket launch directly invokes Michael Strahan...
- 12/12/2023
- by Alison Herman
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to our rundown of the most-watched branded YouTube videos of the week.
We’re publishing this snippet of a larger Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report in order to analyze sponsorship trends in the creator economy. Any video launched in tandem with an official brand partner is eligible for the ranking.
And – as the name up above would imply – all the data comes from Gospel Stats. If you’re interested in learning more about Gospel – and which brands are sponsoring what creators on YouTube – click here.
Welcome back to the Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report! And never fear: if you were disturbed by last week’s MrBeast upset, he’s back on top this week, with his latest buried alive spectacle putting him firmly at spot numero uno.
Read on to see who sponsored him–plus catch up with five dudes from Texas, get a Mythbusters flashback, take a deep dive into how truly,...
We’re publishing this snippet of a larger Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report in order to analyze sponsorship trends in the creator economy. Any video launched in tandem with an official brand partner is eligible for the ranking.
And – as the name up above would imply – all the data comes from Gospel Stats. If you’re interested in learning more about Gospel – and which brands are sponsoring what creators on YouTube – click here.
Welcome back to the Gospel Stats Weekly Brand Report! And never fear: if you were disturbed by last week’s MrBeast upset, he’s back on top this week, with his latest buried alive spectacle putting him firmly at spot numero uno.
Read on to see who sponsored him–plus catch up with five dudes from Texas, get a Mythbusters flashback, take a deep dive into how truly,...
- 11/28/2023
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
When mega-selling agents Oren and Tal Alexander of The Alexander Team left Douglas Elliman last June to co-found a new brokerage, they vowed they would do things differently.
Now their new firm Official — which focuses on residential real estate deals for ultra high net worth clients, including Hollywood names — is rolling out what they see as a new model for growth.
Unveiled today, Prodigy — spearheaded by Official co-founder Nicole Oge, the brokerage’s chief growth officer — is a data-driven, invitation-only recruitment tool that evaluates potential new talent for the company amid the wide sea of real estate agents in the United States, where an estimated three million people have an active real-estate license.
Official says it doesn’t want to grow large in terms of the number of agents at the brokerage. Instead, with its focus on the very tip-top of the luxury real estate market — among Official’s current...
Now their new firm Official — which focuses on residential real estate deals for ultra high net worth clients, including Hollywood names — is rolling out what they see as a new model for growth.
Unveiled today, Prodigy — spearheaded by Official co-founder Nicole Oge, the brokerage’s chief growth officer — is a data-driven, invitation-only recruitment tool that evaluates potential new talent for the company amid the wide sea of real estate agents in the United States, where an estimated three million people have an active real-estate license.
Official says it doesn’t want to grow large in terms of the number of agents at the brokerage. Instead, with its focus on the very tip-top of the luxury real estate market — among Official’s current...
- 8/25/2023
- by Degen Pener
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jared Leto is getting on the Grid.
The Academy Award winner has officially been cast in upcoming “Tron” franchise installment, “Tron: Ares.” Joachim Rønning of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” fame is currently in negotiations to direct, IndieWire can confirm.
Deadline first reported that “Tron: Ares” will serve as a direct follow-up to “Tron: Legacy,” which marked Jeff Bridges reprising his role from the original 1982 sci-fi film. Garret Hedlund and Olivia Wilde also starred in the Joseph Kosinski-helmed 2010 film. A slated follow-up was scrapped in 2015 that was reportedly set to have Kosinski, Hedlund, and Wilde returning. Leto was rumored to be joining the cast at the time.
“Tron: Ares” is written by Jesse Wigutow and production is set to start in August 2023. “Tron” follows an arcade lover who is trapped in a computer program called the Grid where he is forced to participate in gladiator games to survive.
The Academy Award winner has officially been cast in upcoming “Tron” franchise installment, “Tron: Ares.” Joachim Rønning of “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” fame is currently in negotiations to direct, IndieWire can confirm.
Deadline first reported that “Tron: Ares” will serve as a direct follow-up to “Tron: Legacy,” which marked Jeff Bridges reprising his role from the original 1982 sci-fi film. Garret Hedlund and Olivia Wilde also starred in the Joseph Kosinski-helmed 2010 film. A slated follow-up was scrapped in 2015 that was reportedly set to have Kosinski, Hedlund, and Wilde returning. Leto was rumored to be joining the cast at the time.
“Tron: Ares” is written by Jesse Wigutow and production is set to start in August 2023. “Tron” follows an arcade lover who is trapped in a computer program called the Grid where he is forced to participate in gladiator games to survive.
- 1/19/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Did Edward Norton base his character in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on Elon Musk? Probably.
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know two things about the film, which came out on Netflix on 23 December: Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha,...
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know two things about the film, which came out on Netflix on 23 December: Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha,...
- 12/27/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
Did Edward Norton base his character in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on Elon Musk? Probably.
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know two things about the film, which came out on Netflix on 23 December: Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha,...
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know two things about the film, which came out on Netflix on 23 December: Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha,...
- 12/27/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
Did Edward Norton base his character in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on Elon Musk? Probably.
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know three things: Glass Onion is out on Netflix on 23 December; Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha, a tech giant.
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know three things: Glass Onion is out on Netflix on 23 December; Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha, a tech giant.
- 12/23/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
Did Edward Norton base his character in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery on Elon Musk? Probably.
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know three things: Glass Onion is out on Netflix on 23 December; Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha, a tech giant.
If you’ve read any entertainment news outlet in the past six months, you’ll know three things: Glass Onion is out on Netflix on 23 December; Daniel Craig’s Southern sleuth is confirmed queer (but Craig himself doesn’t “want to make a song and dance about it”) and Edward Norton’s character is very probably, most likely, almost definitely based on Elon Musk.
The film stars Norton as Miles Bron, a billionaire tech bro CEO. Once a year, he invites his friends – a smug gaggle of people described as “disruptors” if only by themselves – for a lavish weekend away. These “disruptors” include a men’s rights activist and online celebrity Duke Cody (Dave Bautista) and a racist model-turned-influencer (Kate Hudson). Bron has just become a multitrillionaire through his stake in Alpha, a tech giant.
- 11/26/2022
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
Netflix has landed the feature film rights to Kotaro Isaka’s novel, “Seesaw Monster.” The film version is set to star Anne Hathaway and Salma Hayek Pinault as rivals forced to work together.
Isaka is best known for writing “Maria Beetle,” which was adapted into 2022’s comedic thriller “Bullet Train” starring Brad Pitt. “Seesaw Monster” is not related to the Japanese author’s “Hitman” trilogy, which includes “Maria Beetle” and “Three Assassins,” the inspiration behind the 2015 movie “Grasshopper.”
Plot details for “Seesaw Monster” haven’t been revealed, but Netflix describes the movie as “an action-comedy two-hander” between Hathaway and Hayek Pinault. Olivia Milch, whose credits include writing, directing and producing Netflix’s “Dude” and co-writing “Ocean’s 8,” is penning the screenplay. It’s unclear who will direct the film.
Hathaway and Hayek Pinault will also serve as producers alongside Akiva Goldsman, Gregory Lessans, Ryosuke Saegusa and Yuma Terada. Executive producers include Jose Tamez,...
Isaka is best known for writing “Maria Beetle,” which was adapted into 2022’s comedic thriller “Bullet Train” starring Brad Pitt. “Seesaw Monster” is not related to the Japanese author’s “Hitman” trilogy, which includes “Maria Beetle” and “Three Assassins,” the inspiration behind the 2015 movie “Grasshopper.”
Plot details for “Seesaw Monster” haven’t been revealed, but Netflix describes the movie as “an action-comedy two-hander” between Hathaway and Hayek Pinault. Olivia Milch, whose credits include writing, directing and producing Netflix’s “Dude” and co-writing “Ocean’s 8,” is penning the screenplay. It’s unclear who will direct the film.
Hathaway and Hayek Pinault will also serve as producers alongside Akiva Goldsman, Gregory Lessans, Ryosuke Saegusa and Yuma Terada. Executive producers include Jose Tamez,...
- 11/8/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
ABC and Vice tied with the most wins, at 8 each, on night one as the news portion of the 43rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards were handed out at the Palladium Times Square in New York City.
Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of “PBS NewsHour” was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented by Robert MacNeil, co-creator and former co-anchor of the NewsHour.
“Tonight’s Emmy winners exemplify broadcast journalism at its best, reporting that values fact over fiction, accountability over advocacy, and that champions the advance of truth in the interest of the communities we all serve”, said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS. “America has never needed its journalists more than today. We congratulate tonight’s honorees and thank them for the indispensable service they provide to our nation.”
Here’s a rundown of Night 1 winners:
Outstanding Live News Program
“CBS Mornings / CBS This Morning...
Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of “PBS NewsHour” was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented by Robert MacNeil, co-creator and former co-anchor of the NewsHour.
“Tonight’s Emmy winners exemplify broadcast journalism at its best, reporting that values fact over fiction, accountability over advocacy, and that champions the advance of truth in the interest of the communities we all serve”, said Terry O’Reilly, Chairman, NATAS. “America has never needed its journalists more than today. We congratulate tonight’s honorees and thank them for the indispensable service they provide to our nation.”
Here’s a rundown of Night 1 winners:
Outstanding Live News Program
“CBS Mornings / CBS This Morning...
- 9/29/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
San Francisco, Aug 16 (Ians) Flexible office space provider WeWork co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann has received around 350 million funding from top investment fund Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) for his upcoming new rental real estate business, called Flow.
The investment puts Flow’s valuation at over 1 billion (a unicorn status) and the startup is yet to be launched.
“We are excited to partner with Adam Neumann and his colleagues on Flow. Adam is a visionary leader who revolutionised the second largest asset class in the world — commercial real estate — by bringing community and brand to an industry in which neither existed before,” Marc Andreessen said in a blogpost late on Monday.
“We think it is natural that for his first venture since WeWork, Adam returns to the theme of connecting people through transforming their physical spaces and building communities where people spend the most time: their homes,” he added.
In May,...
The investment puts Flow’s valuation at over 1 billion (a unicorn status) and the startup is yet to be launched.
“We are excited to partner with Adam Neumann and his colleagues on Flow. Adam is a visionary leader who revolutionised the second largest asset class in the world — commercial real estate — by bringing community and brand to an industry in which neither existed before,” Marc Andreessen said in a blogpost late on Monday.
“We think it is natural that for his first venture since WeWork, Adam returns to the theme of connecting people through transforming their physical spaces and building communities where people spend the most time: their homes,” he added.
In May,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Not only are audiences eating up HBO’s “Euphoria,” Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” and Paramount +’s “The Offer,” but viewers have also been turning to music streaming platforms to find the songs from the series. And music supervisor Jen Malone is fast becoming a household name as the mastermind behind the tunes. “We always want to cross our fingers and toes and make sure it clears,” she jokes as she refers to music clearance, which is integral to those moments. A show’s tunes often begins with the script. “Those songs are the ones we have to get the jump on immediately and get cleared and ready for the production,” says Malone. “The approach with a lot of shows is to bring us back to a certain time, and certain songs will always do that.” Here she breaks down some key music on her series.
Katy Perry’s “Roar” in...
Katy Perry’s “Roar” in...
- 6/16/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
This feature was produced and curated by THR editors and is presented by Apple TV+.
In the final minutes of Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, the ousted co-founders of WeWork, Adam and Rebekah Neumann (played by Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway), appear to have landed on top even after leading their company to a failed IPO. They’re shown jetting off to the Dead Sea, in Israel, for a family vacation — with millions in their pocket. But in an ironic twist, the show actually ends with the couple rubbing salt water out of their eyes after learning that they won’t receive a penny of the payout they thought they were getting to leave the company.
WeCrashed, the eight-episode miniseries based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, toys with the concepts of winners, losers, smarts and scams as it depicts the rise...
This feature was produced and curated by THR editors and is presented by Apple TV+.
In the final minutes of Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, the ousted co-founders of WeWork, Adam and Rebekah Neumann (played by Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway), appear to have landed on top even after leading their company to a failed IPO. They’re shown jetting off to the Dead Sea, in Israel, for a family vacation — with millions in their pocket. But in an ironic twist, the show actually ends with the couple rubbing salt water out of their eyes after learning that they won’t receive a penny of the payout they thought they were getting to leave the company.
WeCrashed, the eight-episode miniseries based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, toys with the concepts of winners, losers, smarts and scams as it depicts the rise...
- 6/15/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jared Leto may have played WeWork founder Adam Neumann for AppleTV+’s “WeCrashed,” but the Oscar winner has a surprising real-world connection to another Silicon Valley tech titan: Elizabeth Holmes.
During a Variety Actors on Actors roundtable with “The Dropout” star Amanda Seyfried, who portrayed Holmes on the Hulu series, Leto revealed he formerly “stayed in touch” with Holmes after presenting her with a Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year Award in 2015.
“I had heard her speak in Palo Alto. She was great onstage. She was incredibly smart, funny — and then I met her after that, and I liked her a lot,” Leto said. “But no indication that things weren’t great in her life and at the company. And then I gave her an award.”
Leto added, “We stayed in touch after that and talked a few times, but my experience with her was always quite lovely. Not everyone is one thing.
During a Variety Actors on Actors roundtable with “The Dropout” star Amanda Seyfried, who portrayed Holmes on the Hulu series, Leto revealed he formerly “stayed in touch” with Holmes after presenting her with a Glamour Magazine Woman of the Year Award in 2015.
“I had heard her speak in Palo Alto. She was great onstage. She was incredibly smart, funny — and then I met her after that, and I liked her a lot,” Leto said. “But no indication that things weren’t great in her life and at the company. And then I gave her an award.”
Leto added, “We stayed in touch after that and talked a few times, but my experience with her was always quite lovely. Not everyone is one thing.
- 6/14/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Before she was convicted of criminal fraud, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes was a minor celebrity, featured on red carpets and magazine covers for her supposed technological innovations. In 2015, she was one of the recipients of Glamour Magazine’s Woman of the Year award, which was presented to her by Jared Leto.
“I had heard her speak, before that, on stage. She was incredibly smart, and I met her after that. I liked her a lot,” Leto said of the encounter during Variety “Actors on Actors” presented by Apple TV+. “She was really sweet, really kind, and no indication that things weren’t great in her life and at the company. And then I gave her an award.”
Leto was joined by Amanda Seyfried, who recently played Holmes to much acclaim in the Hulu miniseries “The Dropout.” During their conversation about approaching notorious figures like Holmes and WeWork founder Adam Neumann,...
“I had heard her speak, before that, on stage. She was incredibly smart, and I met her after that. I liked her a lot,” Leto said of the encounter during Variety “Actors on Actors” presented by Apple TV+. “She was really sweet, really kind, and no indication that things weren’t great in her life and at the company. And then I gave her an award.”
Leto was joined by Amanda Seyfried, who recently played Holmes to much acclaim in the Hulu miniseries “The Dropout.” During their conversation about approaching notorious figures like Holmes and WeWork founder Adam Neumann,...
- 6/14/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
It’s tempting to imagine what WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann would say to Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, given their similar public falls from grace. But short of that, we at least had the chance to listen to a conversation between the two actors who played them in recent limited series. Upon sitting down, Jared Leto (Apple TV+’s “WeCrashed”) and Amanda Seyfried (Hulu’s “The Dropout”) reveal they both approached their characters as layered humans — not mustache-twirling villains. They also had to find their real-life inspirations’ distinct voices, which was no small feat.
Jared Leto: Thank you for being here. I’m glad I didn’t show up and you weren’t sitting here. That would’ve been awkward.
Amanda Seyfried: I thought about that as a joke. And then I thought that would be mean because you don’t know me at all. The thing that connects...
Jared Leto: Thank you for being here. I’m glad I didn’t show up and you weren’t sitting here. That would’ve been awkward.
Amanda Seyfried: I thought about that as a joke. And then I thought that would be mean because you don’t know me at all. The thing that connects...
- 6/14/2022
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
The Season 2 premiere of “Euphoria” opens with a 10-minute prologue that is, even by the fearless standard set in that show’s first season, astonishingly provocative. In telling the origin story of drug dealer Fezco, writer-director Sam Levinson breathlessly races through a sex-, violence-, and cocaine-fueled set piece with camera moves as propulsive as any conjured by Scorsese at his most frenetic. What binds the incendiary content and dynamic visuals is the music, an in-your-face parade of 10 anthemic songs that range from Billy Swan covering Elvis to Poison’s hair metal hit “I Want Action,” with some Harry Nilsson and Bo Diddley thrown in for good measure.
And that’s just the prologue — then the opening title comes up to the tune of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” and we’re in an entirely new musical register that leads into two dozen more equally varied and original song choices over the course of an hour.
And that’s just the prologue — then the opening title comes up to the tune of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” and we’re in an entirely new musical register that leads into two dozen more equally varied and original song choices over the course of an hour.
- 6/13/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
What’s the best strategy to get ahead in the brutally competitive Outstanding Limited Series category at the Emmys?
Should you drop your show early, so voters have plenty of time to watch, absorb and live with it before they’re overwhelmed by other contenders? HBO’s “The White Lotus,” Hulu’s “Dopesick” and Netflix’s “Maid” hope so.
Or is it better to come out in the first couple of months of the new year, as Television Academy members begin to think more seriously about this year’s Emmys? That could be the ticket for later Hulu entries like “The Dropout,” “Pam & Tommy” and “The Girl From Plainville.”
Or should you wait and premiere in the last month or two of Emmy eligibility, where you might be one of the final things voters discover and love? Starz’s “Gaslit,” HBO Max’s “The Staircase” and FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven...
Should you drop your show early, so voters have plenty of time to watch, absorb and live with it before they’re overwhelmed by other contenders? HBO’s “The White Lotus,” Hulu’s “Dopesick” and Netflix’s “Maid” hope so.
Or is it better to come out in the first couple of months of the new year, as Television Academy members begin to think more seriously about this year’s Emmys? That could be the ticket for later Hulu entries like “The Dropout,” “Pam & Tommy” and “The Girl From Plainville.”
Or should you wait and premiere in the last month or two of Emmy eligibility, where you might be one of the final things voters discover and love? Starz’s “Gaslit,” HBO Max’s “The Staircase” and FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven...
- 6/10/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Click here to read the full article.
If you’ve listened to a good podcast in the past year, chances are high that a studio is already in talks to adapt it for the screen.
The podcast-to-tv trend kicked into high gear earlier this year with the release of shows like Hulu’s The Dropout, Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, Peacock’s Joe vs. Carole and NBC’s The Thing About Pam — all of which were prestige, limited series based on podcasts of the same name. At the end of 2021, audiences saw Peacock’s Dr. Death and Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door.
In some instances, such as with WeCrashed and Dr. Death, the showrunners were given early access to the podcast to see if — and how — they would be interested in adapting the story for TV.
“I was sucked in from the first episode of the podcast,” says Patrick Macmanus,...
If you’ve listened to a good podcast in the past year, chances are high that a studio is already in talks to adapt it for the screen.
The podcast-to-tv trend kicked into high gear earlier this year with the release of shows like Hulu’s The Dropout, Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, Peacock’s Joe vs. Carole and NBC’s The Thing About Pam — all of which were prestige, limited series based on podcasts of the same name. At the end of 2021, audiences saw Peacock’s Dr. Death and Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door.
In some instances, such as with WeCrashed and Dr. Death, the showrunners were given early access to the podcast to see if — and how — they would be interested in adapting the story for TV.
“I was sucked in from the first episode of the podcast,” says Patrick Macmanus,...
- 6/9/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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
Hair and makeup artists are at it again, transforming actors into real-life characters. From the sublime to complete, Jared Leto, Jessica Biel, Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Renée Zellweger were among those being trans- formed and techniques including 3D scans of the artist are de rigueur now.
Suits, enhancements and a lot of prosthetics went into helping actors disappear into their parts.
Leto is no stranger to the art of transformation. Last year, he vanished under layers of prosthetics to play Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci.” For “WeCrashed” on Apple TV+, Leto worked with Kazu Hiro, who helped him become WeWorked founder Adam Neumann.
Hiro, who has won Oscars for his makeup and hairstyling turn- ing Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill for “Darkest Hour” and again for Charlize Theron into Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly for “Bombshell,” it’s all about sculpting techniques. His challenge...
Suits, enhancements and a lot of prosthetics went into helping actors disappear into their parts.
Leto is no stranger to the art of transformation. Last year, he vanished under layers of prosthetics to play Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci.” For “WeCrashed” on Apple TV+, Leto worked with Kazu Hiro, who helped him become WeWorked founder Adam Neumann.
Hiro, who has won Oscars for his makeup and hairstyling turn- ing Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill for “Darkest Hour” and again for Charlize Theron into Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly for “Bombshell,” it’s all about sculpting techniques. His challenge...
- 5/26/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Out of the bustling ecosystem of this season’s true crime dramas and docs, “The Dropout,” Hulu’s dynamic adaptation of the ABC News podcast about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, has emerged as an innovative creation in the sub-genre of scam TV. But when she created the series, showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether didn’t see it that way at first.
“I never really thought of ‘The Dropout’ as a scam show,” she says. “I saw it as a character study.”
Meriwether accepts the placement of her series within the overall scam genre, which has never been more popular, but says there are more differences between the myriad projects than similarities.
“The quote-unquote scam that was committed is so different in each show, and I think that may be easy to lose sight of,” she says.
It’s impossible to name every possible flavor of schemes. As with “The Dropout,” the...
“I never really thought of ‘The Dropout’ as a scam show,” she says. “I saw it as a character study.”
Meriwether accepts the placement of her series within the overall scam genre, which has never been more popular, but says there are more differences between the myriad projects than similarities.
“The quote-unquote scam that was committed is so different in each show, and I think that may be easy to lose sight of,” she says.
It’s impossible to name every possible flavor of schemes. As with “The Dropout,” the...
- 5/26/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
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
O-t Fagbenle has two high-profile and very different roles on television this season. He stars as a pragmatic tycoon in “WeCrashed,” the Apple TV+ limited series about the rise and fall of a tech startup. The actor also plays former President Barack Obama in Showtime’s “The First Lady,” the Showtime anthology series about three different presidential wives. However the Emmy-nominated actor argues that his choice in projects is not about seeking out disparate characters to play. “I feel like my personal philosophy isn’t that I’m playing lots of different characters,” he claims. “It’s more like I have a lot of different characters in me and my job is to uncover them, so that the process of becoming other people is also a process of self-discovery and sharing of oneself.” Check out our exclusive video interview with Fagbenle above.
In “WeCrashed,” Fagbenle plays Cameron Lautner, a financier...
In “WeCrashed,” Fagbenle plays Cameron Lautner, a financier...
- 5/20/2022
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
When Jared Leto took on the starring role in Apple TV+’s “We Crashed” playing Adam Neumann, he says he didn’t have know a lot about the co-founder of WeWork. Neumann was often portrayed in the media as an eccentric mogul — someone who wanted to build offices on the planet Mars, often went without shoes and claimed to have close connections to political figures that gave him a voice in world events.
“I didn’t really have any preconceived ideas, I just heard that he was a pretty colorful character; that he was a fascinating guy, that he was great in the room, a great salesperson,” Leto says on this week’s edition of Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast. “And of course, then you see headlines and you know that he the built a company from nothing into a 47 billion empire, and then it all fell apart.”
Listen below!
“I didn’t really have any preconceived ideas, I just heard that he was a pretty colorful character; that he was a fascinating guy, that he was great in the room, a great salesperson,” Leto says on this week’s edition of Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast. “And of course, then you see headlines and you know that he the built a company from nothing into a 47 billion empire, and then it all fell apart.”
Listen below!
- 5/19/2022
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety 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
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
When editor Justin Krohn first read the pilot script for “WeCrashed,” the Apple TV+ limited series about the rise and fall of WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, it reminded him of “The Wolf of Wall Street” in the way it mixed comedy and drama in equal measure.
“One of the things, once we got working, was how comic would the show be? Because there certainly was a version of this you could have done where it would’ve gotten a little ridiculous,” Krohn tells Gold Derby about the series, which was created by Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg and stars Jared Leto as Adam and Anne Hathaway as Adam’s wife and business partner, Rebekah. “It could have gone a lot of different ways.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
But Krohn and the creative team – including filmmakers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who served as directors on the first and...
“One of the things, once we got working, was how comic would the show be? Because there certainly was a version of this you could have done where it would’ve gotten a little ridiculous,” Krohn tells Gold Derby about the series, which was created by Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg and stars Jared Leto as Adam and Anne Hathaway as Adam’s wife and business partner, Rebekah. “It could have gone a lot of different ways.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
But Krohn and the creative team – including filmmakers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who served as directors on the first and...
- 4/30/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
After production designer Amy Williams pitched “WeCrashed” showrunners Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg on her vision for the show, she received an answer that was unique: an unequivocal yes.
“My first initial thought and design was immediately accepted and they were excited about it and that’s pretty rare,” Williams tells Gold Derby. “So there were moments where I couldn’t believe, I felt like I was getting away with something Like, ‘Really? You’re going to let me build something that’s a city block long and three stories and has elevators and all these crazy elements?’ And they were all about it, so it was kind of a dream.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
SEEWatch Jared Leto’s latest transformation in the first trailer for Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed’
Based on the podcast of the same name, “WeCrashed” is about the rise and fall of WeWork under co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann.
“My first initial thought and design was immediately accepted and they were excited about it and that’s pretty rare,” Williams tells Gold Derby. “So there were moments where I couldn’t believe, I felt like I was getting away with something Like, ‘Really? You’re going to let me build something that’s a city block long and three stories and has elevators and all these crazy elements?’ And they were all about it, so it was kind of a dream.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
SEEWatch Jared Leto’s latest transformation in the first trailer for Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed’
Based on the podcast of the same name, “WeCrashed” is about the rise and fall of WeWork under co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann.
- 4/28/2022
- 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
When it came to recreating the offices of WeWork, the company that made and lost billions of dollars, production designer Amy Williams was told she could go as big as she possibly could.
The communal office space world is depicted in the Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed,” which comes to an end on Friday. The show charts the rise and fall of founders Adam Neumann, played by Jared Leto, and his wife Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, played by Anne Hathaway.
Williams was excited as a designer to dip into the big, luscious extravagant world. Creators Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg mentioned she would have to build the main headquarters set. “I had this idea that I wanted it to be this confusing, M. C. Escher-type staircase [place] that was three stories and confusing,” says Williams. When she pitched it to the showrunners, they loved it. The set ended up being so big, it...
The communal office space world is depicted in the Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed,” which comes to an end on Friday. The show charts the rise and fall of founders Adam Neumann, played by Jared Leto, and his wife Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, played by Anne Hathaway.
Williams was excited as a designer to dip into the big, luscious extravagant world. Creators Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg mentioned she would have to build the main headquarters set. “I had this idea that I wanted it to be this confusing, M. C. Escher-type staircase [place] that was three stories and confusing,” says Williams. When she pitched it to the showrunners, they loved it. The set ended up being so big, it...
- 4/21/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed” tells the true story of Adam Neumann (Jared Leto), his wife Rebekah Paltrow Neumann (Anne Hathaway), and their rise and fall as the founders of WeWork, a company that made and lost billions of dollars on a new vision of communal office life.
As a show that revolves around questions of how the spaces we live and work in define us, “WeCrashed” offered unique opportunities to production designer Amy Williams, who was initially as intrigued by the offbeat romance scripted by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Cavello as she was by the architectural potential. “I had had production offices in WeWork spaces and was familiar with the environments, but I didn’t know the backstory,” Williams told IndieWire in a recent interview. “As soon as I started digging into the research I said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve got to do this, this is wild.’”
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As a show that revolves around questions of how the spaces we live and work in define us, “WeCrashed” offered unique opportunities to production designer Amy Williams, who was initially as intrigued by the offbeat romance scripted by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Cavello as she was by the architectural potential. “I had had production offices in WeWork spaces and was familiar with the environments, but I didn’t know the backstory,” Williams told IndieWire in a recent interview. “As soon as I started digging into the research I said, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve got to do this, this is wild.’”
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- 4/15/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Behind every great man is a great woman. While WeCrashed is technically about the rise and fall of Adam Neumann's company, WeWork, it's hard not to notice the positive impact that Rebekah Neumann had on the entrepreneur—at least, in Apple TV+'s dramatization of the true story. In the exclusive April 15 sneak peek above, Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway bring a fiery passion to the couple, who helmed the company before stepping down in 2019. They rattle off the characteristics they'd use to describe their empire and bang a gong before being overcome with emotion. Staring at a teary-eyed Rebekah, Adam declares, "I am nothing without you." This focus...
- 4/14/2022
- E! Online
Photo: ‘Dirty Lines’ Our Obsession With Zany Entrepreneurs Continues Tis the season for a series revolving around complicated visionary business leaders willing to risk it all for a slice of the pie. No different from Elizabeth Holmes as portrayed in ‘The Dropout’ or Adam Neumann in ‘WeCrashed’, ‘Dirty Lines’ follows the story of Frank and Ramon Stigter, two very different but equally odd brothers who created Europe’s first-ever phone sex line. Paying closer attention to Frank, who is the brains behind the idea, the story is a compelling and fascinating expression of creativity and the will to persevere in spite of tremendous odds. After running several other businesses that he either created on his own or selling the products of other more successful companies, Frank as portrayed by Minne Koole is inspired to shake up the sex work industry with his idea of creating these erotic phone lines. Related...
- 4/13/2022
- by Mark Raymond
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Jared Leto, who stars in WeCrashed, said he knew he would regret not meeting with Adam Neumann before embodying the former WeWork CEO for the Apple TV+ series.
“I didn’t want to play a villain, especially villainize someone who’s still alive,” the Morbius star said during a panel for the show at Deadline’s Contenders Television event.
Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
As part of his research, Leto said he secretly met with Neumann to inform his portrayal. The actor said he felt an “obligation” to represent the businessman with dignity and grace despite the co-working space’s major downfall. The meeting, however, remained a secret to series showrunners and creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, who said they didn’t learn of the private conversation until Neumann later admitted that Leto reached out.
WeCrashed follows the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups,...
“I didn’t want to play a villain, especially villainize someone who’s still alive,” the Morbius star said during a panel for the show at Deadline’s Contenders Television event.
Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
As part of his research, Leto said he secretly met with Neumann to inform his portrayal. The actor said he felt an “obligation” to represent the businessman with dignity and grace despite the co-working space’s major downfall. The meeting, however, remained a secret to series showrunners and creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, who said they didn’t learn of the private conversation until Neumann later admitted that Leto reached out.
WeCrashed follows the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups,...
- 4/9/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Few actors do it quite like Jared Leto. The Oscar-winning star, who is known for his transformative performances – including last year’s awards contender “House of Gucci” – often goes an extra mile during production, remaining in character even when the cameras stop rolling.
So perhaps it’s of little surprise that Leto’s commitment to craft extends to even the most mainstream of his projects. While on the set of his new Marvel film “Morbius” in 2019, Leto was apparently pushed around in a wheelchair when he needed to use the bathroom to best replicate the experience of his character, Dr. Michael Morbius.
In the film, Morbius is a doctor who is afflicted with an unnamed blood disorder that weakens him to the point that Morbius needs crutches to walk. Leto, in an effort to stay in character as Morbius, first used the crutches on the set as well. But he...
So perhaps it’s of little surprise that Leto’s commitment to craft extends to even the most mainstream of his projects. While on the set of his new Marvel film “Morbius” in 2019, Leto was apparently pushed around in a wheelchair when he needed to use the bathroom to best replicate the experience of his character, Dr. Michael Morbius.
In the film, Morbius is a doctor who is afflicted with an unnamed blood disorder that weakens him to the point that Morbius needs crutches to walk. Leto, in an effort to stay in character as Morbius, first used the crutches on the set as well. But he...
- 4/5/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Gold Derby
Jared Leto’s method acting technique extends all the way to the restroom.
While filming “Morbius,” Leto reportedly used crutches even during bathroom breaks on set. Per an Uproxx interview with director Daniel Espinosa, “a deal was made” to expedite Leto’s elongated trips to the restroom, with production opting to wheel him in a wheelchair so he would still be in his physically impaired character’s state.
Espinosa confirmed the claims to the outlet, saying, “Because I think that what Jared thinks, what Jared believes, is that somehow the pain of those movements, even when he was playing normal Michael Morbius, he needed, because he’s been having this pain his whole life. Even though, as he’s alive and strong, it has to be a difference.”
The “Safe House” filmmaker added, “Hey, man, it’s people’s processes. All of the actors believe in processes. And you, as director,...
While filming “Morbius,” Leto reportedly used crutches even during bathroom breaks on set. Per an Uproxx interview with director Daniel Espinosa, “a deal was made” to expedite Leto’s elongated trips to the restroom, with production opting to wheel him in a wheelchair so he would still be in his physically impaired character’s state.
Espinosa confirmed the claims to the outlet, saying, “Because I think that what Jared thinks, what Jared believes, is that somehow the pain of those movements, even when he was playing normal Michael Morbius, he needed, because he’s been having this pain his whole life. Even though, as he’s alive and strong, it has to be a difference.”
The “Safe House” filmmaker added, “Hey, man, it’s people’s processes. All of the actors believe in processes. And you, as director,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
If you’ve been watching “WeCrashed” on Apple TV+, then odds are pretty good you’ve had a certain Katy Perry song stuck in your head lately. “Roar” has had a presence in almost every episode at this point — but that’s because WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann really did love it.
Where some series pick their music very meticulously, “WeCrashed” had “Roar” built into it from the beginning. Series showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello did a lot of research in creating the series, and admit that Neumann’s love of the song was discovered very early on.
“I wish it was a choice because it’s so brilliant. But that was one of the first things we found out about Adam and Rebekah,” Crevello told TheWrap. “That Adam became obsessed with the song ‘Roar’ and would blast it in the office to the point where some employees couldn’t concentrate or do their jobs,...
Where some series pick their music very meticulously, “WeCrashed” had “Roar” built into it from the beginning. Series showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello did a lot of research in creating the series, and admit that Neumann’s love of the song was discovered very early on.
“I wish it was a choice because it’s so brilliant. But that was one of the first things we found out about Adam and Rebekah,” Crevello told TheWrap. “That Adam became obsessed with the song ‘Roar’ and would blast it in the office to the point where some employees couldn’t concentrate or do their jobs,...
- 4/2/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
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In episode five of "WeCrashed" - the Apple TV+ series about the rise and fall of WeWork - Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) squeezes a "Harlem Shake" video into his busy day. It's a major throwback to a trend that was everywhere in 2013, so we had to check to see if the video was actually real.
It turns out, WeWork made not one but two "Harlem Shake" videos. Both are hosted on the WeWorkNYC YouTube account. One is labeled "WeWork Labs Version," while the other is labeled "WeWork Madison Version." But the show isn't being fully truthful about these videos.
Episode five starts with a title card announcing it's 2017. That's four years after the "Harlem Shake" craze and the creation of these videos. The series is trying to show that Neumann was distracted from the actual work of running a business and more interested in hijinks and fun and games.
In episode five of "WeCrashed" - the Apple TV+ series about the rise and fall of WeWork - Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) squeezes a "Harlem Shake" video into his busy day. It's a major throwback to a trend that was everywhere in 2013, so we had to check to see if the video was actually real.
It turns out, WeWork made not one but two "Harlem Shake" videos. Both are hosted on the WeWorkNYC YouTube account. One is labeled "WeWork Labs Version," while the other is labeled "WeWork Madison Version." But the show isn't being fully truthful about these videos.
Episode five starts with a title card announcing it's 2017. That's four years after the "Harlem Shake" craze and the creation of these videos. The series is trying to show that Neumann was distracted from the actual work of running a business and more interested in hijinks and fun and games.
- 4/1/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
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
What would Anne Hathaway have looked like as one of the Na’vi people from James Cameron’s “Avatar”? Well, episode four of “WeCrashed,” now streaming on Apple TV+, has an answer — and yes, that costume choice was actually based on real life.
In this week’s episode, fans finally meet America Ferrera’s character, Elishia Kennedy. She meets Rebekah Neumann (Hathaway) at a Halloween party at their children’s school. Kennedy has gone just as intensely as Neumann has, wrapped head to toe as a mummy, and jokes “Maybe we overdid it.”
It creates a sweet bonding moment for the women, allowing Rebekah to make a true friend. But for the record, the Na’vi look wasn’t just chosen as an outlandish costume to help the story along.
“That’s based on a real story,” showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello told TheWrap. “That’s based on a real costume.
In this week’s episode, fans finally meet America Ferrera’s character, Elishia Kennedy. She meets Rebekah Neumann (Hathaway) at a Halloween party at their children’s school. Kennedy has gone just as intensely as Neumann has, wrapped head to toe as a mummy, and jokes “Maybe we overdid it.”
It creates a sweet bonding moment for the women, allowing Rebekah to make a true friend. But for the record, the Na’vi look wasn’t just chosen as an outlandish costume to help the story along.
“That’s based on a real story,” showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello told TheWrap. “That’s based on a real costume.
- 3/26/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
The miniseries WeCrashed, a dramatization chronicling the rise and fall of WeWork’s founders, features Jared Leto in the role of Adam Neumann, the company’s co-founder and former CEO. The real-life Neumann is an Israeli native who split his childhood between Israel and the United States. As he was preparing for the role, Leto found that […]
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- 3/25/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Adam Neumann (Jared Leto) has quite the pitch for Elishia Kennedy (America Ferrera) in the March 25 episode of WeCrashed, and TV Insider has an exclusive sneak peek. In Friday’s episode, titled “Are You Lonely,” Adam’s fame is growing and WeWork is on the rise. Meanwhile, Rebekah (Anne Hathaway) begins to feel sidelined at home and decides to pursue a new friendship. “Are you lonely?” Adam asks in the clip. The CEO of a juice empire is confused, and when he tries to explain, Rebekah interjects. “It’s just a question,” he says in defense. “Everyone’s lonely. This is a lonely world,” Elishia replies. Adam agrees, “and that is why I wasn’t offering you a job. I’m offering you a mission, to reach billinos, to create a global community that will bring happiness and connectivity to people around the globe, and to make the world a little less lonely.
- 3/24/2022
- TV Insider
Apple TV+ debuts the latest entry in the real-life-scandal-turned-drama-series category of TV that is all over the place at the moment with the exciting eight-episode drama WeCrashed, about the rise and fall of coworking-space company WeWork and it’s eccentric players. The series tracks WeWork’s co-founders, fast-talking hustler Adam Neumann (Jared Leto), his timid partner Miguel McKelvey (Kyle Marvin), and intense executive Rebekah Neumann (Anne Hathaway), who becomes Adam’s wife, as they build WeWork. They turn the company into a massive money-maker through a combo of evangelical-like enthusiasm and lots of party-throwing (Adam’s true specialty), but we also see their inevitable downfall from flying far too close to the sun, thanks to a multiple timeline plot that begins right at the beginning of the series. “I loved the fact that it’s such a recent story,” Leto says in the above TV Insider video interview. “I think...
- 3/21/2022
- TV Insider
The newest series coming to Apple TV+, "WeCrashed," highlights the whirlwind rise and fall of WeWork, a startup company that was once valued at $47 billion prior to its downfall. The series, based on the Wondery podcast "WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork," centers around the masterminds behind WeWork, husband-wife duo Adam and Rebekah Neumann.
The couple turned their idea of a shared, community workspace into a billion-dollar business on paper, but things aren't always as they appear. Due to irresponsible business management, the company's deception of investors, and excessive spending, WeWork ultimately failed, leaving those who bought into the idea of the company, including shareholders and employees, stranded.
The workings of WeWork and its failures were extensively covered in the media, but "WeCrashed" paints a more vulnerable, detailed picture of the two people behind its inevitable downfall. Ahead of the series premiere on March 18, here is all you need...
The couple turned their idea of a shared, community workspace into a billion-dollar business on paper, but things aren't always as they appear. Due to irresponsible business management, the company's deception of investors, and excessive spending, WeWork ultimately failed, leaving those who bought into the idea of the company, including shareholders and employees, stranded.
The workings of WeWork and its failures were extensively covered in the media, but "WeCrashed" paints a more vulnerable, detailed picture of the two people behind its inevitable downfall. Ahead of the series premiere on March 18, here is all you need...
- 3/20/2022
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
In the first three episodes of “WeCrashed,” now streaming on Apple TV+, Gwyneth Paltrow gets name-dropped quite a bit. But no, series star Anne Hathaway didn’t talk to the actress about her presence in the story; she didn’t want to put Paltrow in that kind of position.
Why exactly does Paltrow come up? Well, for those who didn’t know, the actress is cousins with Rebekah Neumann, the co-founder of WeWork. At the start of “WeCrashed,” we learn that Rebekah (Hathaway) is writing for her cousin’s website when she meets Adam Neumann (Jared Leto).
As the episodes progress, Gwyneth is shown as almost a bit of a sore spot for Rebekah, like when she is constantly asked by her wedding guests in episode two whether the actress will be attending Rebekah and Adam’s wedding. But, Hathaway didn’t think it would be right to pry into...
Why exactly does Paltrow come up? Well, for those who didn’t know, the actress is cousins with Rebekah Neumann, the co-founder of WeWork. At the start of “WeCrashed,” we learn that Rebekah (Hathaway) is writing for her cousin’s website when she meets Adam Neumann (Jared Leto).
As the episodes progress, Gwyneth is shown as almost a bit of a sore spot for Rebekah, like when she is constantly asked by her wedding guests in episode two whether the actress will be attending Rebekah and Adam’s wedding. But, Hathaway didn’t think it would be right to pry into...
- 3/19/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Apple TV+’s newest series “WeCrashed” may not center on an outright crime, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some bad choices made in the conception of WeWork. But, for series star Anne Hathaway, it was essential to avoid any judgement of Rebekah Neumann’s choices.
Hathaway of course plays the latter, portraying the WeWork staple and Adam Neumann’s (Jared Leto) wife. During the company’s run, Rebekah served as WeWork’s Chief Brand and Impact Officer, before later founding WeGrow, a private school meant to turn traditional education on its head.
In the series, she’s an ambitious woman with an ego similar to her husband’s, intensely blunt, and at times a bit cold. But, in crafting the fictionalized version of her, Hathaway made sure not to approach the role with those opinions herself.
“The good news is, I approach all my characters with an open mind.
Hathaway of course plays the latter, portraying the WeWork staple and Adam Neumann’s (Jared Leto) wife. During the company’s run, Rebekah served as WeWork’s Chief Brand and Impact Officer, before later founding WeGrow, a private school meant to turn traditional education on its head.
In the series, she’s an ambitious woman with an ego similar to her husband’s, intensely blunt, and at times a bit cold. But, in crafting the fictionalized version of her, Hathaway made sure not to approach the role with those opinions herself.
“The good news is, I approach all my characters with an open mind.
- 3/18/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
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
Jared Leto doesn’t shy away from sinking his teeth into new roles.
The “Morbius” star leans into an “immersive work” ethic, as Leto told Variety in a cover story. Leto stars as Dr. Michael Morbius, a scientist suffering from a rare blood disease whose attempts to find a cure turn him into a blood-sucking monster. The film premieres in theaters April 1.
Leto’s level of commitment to the role, based on Roy Thomas’ Marvel comics of the same name, included creating a physical impairment to literally walk in the shoes of the Marvel vampire in the superhero origin story.
“I don’t want to get too specific because I’d like to keep some of that for myself,” Leto said of his character walking with a cane. “But I leaned in — no pun unintended. I’m a sucker for a pun, but I didn’t mean that. I worked...
The “Morbius” star leans into an “immersive work” ethic, as Leto told Variety in a cover story. Leto stars as Dr. Michael Morbius, a scientist suffering from a rare blood disease whose attempts to find a cure turn him into a blood-sucking monster. The film premieres in theaters April 1.
Leto’s level of commitment to the role, based on Roy Thomas’ Marvel comics of the same name, included creating a physical impairment to literally walk in the shoes of the Marvel vampire in the superhero origin story.
“I don’t want to get too specific because I’d like to keep some of that for myself,” Leto said of his character walking with a cane. “But I leaned in — no pun unintended. I’m a sucker for a pun, but I didn’t mean that. I worked...
- 3/16/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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