A biopic based mostly on the lifetime of tech billionaire Elon Musk is in growth at movie studio A24, in response to a brand new report from Variety.
The screenplay can be based mostly partially on Walter Isaacson’s biography of Musk, which got here out in September.
Isaacson has written a number of widespread books about high-profile historic figures, together with Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. His biography of Apple
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founder Steve Jobs was tailored right into a 2015 movie starring Michael Fassbender.
Darren Aronofsky, who has directed critically acclaimed films together with “The Whale,” “Requiem for a Dream,” “Black Swan” and “Mother!”, will reportedly direct the Musk biopic.
Among the movies produced by A24 are “Moonlight,” “The Witch” and “Midsommar.”
The film might function a number of the corporations Musk has been concerned with, which embrace Paypal
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SpaceX, Neuralink, the Boring Company, X (previously Twitter) and Tesla
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Musk, 52, is the richest particular person on the earth in response to Forbes estimates, with a web value of $226.8 billion.
The billionaire addressed the biopic on X, the social-media platform he owns, on Friday, calling Aronofsky “one of the best.”
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