At this time, the project is titled Musk, according the hollywood reporter. Aside from the name and the general feeling that it will take a long hard look at one of the world’s richest men and most famous tech CEOs, there aren’t many details about the documentary at present. There’s no release date (or even release year), and it’s unclear if it will focus on certain aspects of Musk’s business or personal life, or try to cover them in general. Gibney says he’s been working on it “once in a while, for a while.” according Deadline.
This won’t be the first documentary about Musk. It was the theme of 2018 Elon Musk: The real life Iron Man and a 2022 BBC show called simply The Elon Musk Show. Also appears on Netflix return to spacecovering the aerospace company SpaceX, and a movie about AI called Do you trust this computer?
Gibney has a reputation for being critical and incisive. She has helped scrutinize Enron, Volkswagen, the Church of Scientology and more in documentaries like The smartest guys in the room, Dirty moneyand going clear. he has also been relatively critical of Musk in the past, so I personally wouldn’t expect Musk to end up being a piece of puff pastry. But while I’ve really enjoyed Gibney’s past work and know he’s very adept at simplifying and explaining complex issues, I wonder if it’s possible to understand and communicate what’s going on on Twitter these days.
