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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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[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That would be good. Musk becomes increasingly perplexed trying to get to Mars and ends up sitting on a park bench staring at a child's picture book about the galaxy.

I still remember stumbling around outside a movie theatre after seeing Pi. Felt like my brain had been pulled out and rearranged and put back in again.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

What a soundtrack too.