Darren Aronofsky To Adapt Elon Musk Biopic For A24 (www.empireonline.com)

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by Ben Travis | Published on11 11 2023. Darren Aronofsky has always been attracted to stories of extremity – whether it’s the bodily intensity of The Wrestler and The Whale, the psychological torment of Mother! and Black Swan, the religious endurance of Noah, or the actual endurance test that is Requiem For A Dream. And for his next project, he’s found something that’s set to invoke all kinds of extreme reactions – because it centers on a person who’s divisive to the nth degree. According to reports, Aronofsky is set to direct an A24 biopic of none other than Elon Musk – the controversial mega-rich Space X founder, owner of Twitter (sorry, ‘X’), former bigwig of Tesla, and more....

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[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

My only question is "who has control over the script and final edit"?

[-] livus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Katz and Fenkel I guess. A24 bought the rights to the authorized biography, so it's probably going to generate a fairly safe script.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

In that case I really hope it is inspired by rather than based on that milquetoast piece of hagiography.

[-] livus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm quite curious about whether they bought it just to make money regurgitating it, or whether they have something more interesting in mind and are using it more as a shield against litigation.

[-] koberulz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

You can't copyright reality, so buying the rights to biographies and other nonfiction books is always just a litigation shield.

[-] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Aronofsky is not the kind of guy that makes safe films.

This is gonna be, above anything else, very weird.

[-] livus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It is kind of intriguing...

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