Bleecker Street to Release Elon Musk Doc in U.S. Cinemas

Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. theatrical rights for Musk, a documentary from Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side) about Elon Musk.

“No biographical portrait, outside of obvious political figures, has centered on an individual so at the crossroads of our society as Elon Musk,” said Kent Sanderson, CEO of Bleecker Street. “But there is also no filmmaker that I could possibly imagine bringing that story to audiences with unmatched clarity, audacity and urgency more than Alex Gibney.”

Bleecker, Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, HBO and Universal Pictures Content Group, along with Anonymous Content, Closer Media and Double Agent, are working together to provide a rich portrait of the figure as history unfolds in real time.

Musk is produced by Gibney, Jessie Deeter and Erin Edeiken from Jigsaw Productions; Zhang Xin and Joey Marra from Closer Media; Nick Shumaker and Jessica Grimshaw from Anonymous Content; and Dana O’Keefe from Double Agent. Executive producers include New Regency’s Yariv Milchan and Natalie Lehmann; Richard Perello from Jigsaw; William Horberg from Closer Media; David Levine from Anonymous Content; and Kent Sanderson and Miranda King for Bleecker Street.

Bleecker will release Musk in theaters in the U.S. prior to its HBO Max debut. HBO Documentary Films previously prebought the North American streaming and TV rights, and Black Bear is handling international sales for the film.