--- title: "A24’s Making an Elon Musk Biopic Directed by Darren Aronofsky" description: "Darren Aronofsky is slated to direct the movie, which will be based on Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk." date: "2023-11-10" modified: "2023-11-10" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-biopic-a24" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "movies" - "the digest" --- # A24’s Making an Elon Musk Biopic Directed by Darren Aronofsky ![Darren Aronofsky is slated to direct the movie, which will be based on Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk.]() *LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 2: Tesla and SpaceX's CEO Elon Musk during an in-conversation event with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Lancaster House on November 2, 2023 in London, England. Sunak discussed AI with Elon Musk in a conversation that is played on the social network X, which Musk owns.(Photo by Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images) \Image: Kirsty Wigglesworth - WPA Pool/Getty Images\* ## Silicon Screen Elon Musk is getting the Hollywood treatment. [*Variety* reports]() that indie movie studio A24 has won the rights to adapt Walter Isaacson's [recent biography]() about the business magnate, with "Black Swan" and "Requiem for a Dream" director Darren Aronofsky slated to direct. There's no official word on who's playing Musk yet, though there's [plenty of wild suggestions]() online. According to the report, studios were embroiled in "heated competition" for Isaacson's latest book, which was released this September. The author's last biography on a tech titan, Steve Jobs, was also adapted into a movie of the same name in 2015. Of course, the main attraction here is Musk, whose penchant for controversy is matched only by his enormous popularity. Even so, with his [calamitous takeover of X-formerly-Twitter](), his [questionable antics on the platform](), and the [epic fallout]() of his [Starship rocket launch](), Musk has somehow managed to shove himself further into the limelight this year, after a decade of building an already far-reaching image off the success of his companies SpaceX and Tesla. For better or worse, everyone now has an opinion on the guy. ## CEO Certified Apparently, Musk — who's [made cameos in movies]() before, some [more bizarre than others]() — is pretty happy with the news. "Glad Darren is doing it," he [wrote on X]() on Friday. "He is one of the best." (A [reply]() to his post from the official "Tesla Owners Silicon Valley" account asked "Any updates on Starship launch?" with no response from Musk.) We'll see if he's still happy with the project once it's out. Aronofsky, whose latest film "The Whale" bagged several awards at last year's Oscars, tends to make surreal and harrowing movies with unflinchingly portrayed characters. How that'll translate to a biographical depiction is anyone's guess — this is a first for Aronofsky — but his style isn't necessarily known for being subtle, so if the director has a point to be made about Musk, it's bound to be as controversial as the man himself. Buckle up. **More on Elon Musk:** *[Elon Musk Started Screaming About Zuckerberg Immediately After Signing Twitter Deal]()* ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()