Oscar-winner Alex Gibney’s ongoing documentary, Musk, will reach U.S. theaters through Bleecker Street’s acquisition. Following the theatrical release, the movie will stream on HBO Max. 

Kent Sanderson, CEO at Bleecker, praised Gibney in a statement: “No biographical portrait, outside of obvious political figures, has centered on an individual so at the crossroads of our society as Elon Musk. 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.”

Gibney was first nominated for an Oscar for his 2005 documentary, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and won the award for his 2007 documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side. He has covered controversial figures such as Elizabeth Holmes, Julian Assange, and Vladimir Putin. His Luigi Mangione documentary is set to stream on Hulu.

Bleecker is joining a team that includes HBO Documentary Films and Universal Pictures Content Group (which acquired international rights). The collaborating companies describe the documentary as “an incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded ‘inventor-entrepreneur’ who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.” 

Elon Musk, on the other hand, has not been so enthusiastic. In a tweet from May 2023, he described the documentary as “a hit piece”. 

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; as well as Kent Sanderson and Miranda King for Bleecker Street.