“The Cult of Elon” documentary debuts April 24

A brand new documentary on Tesla CEO Elon Musk is slated for an Apr. 24 premiere, Deadline reported Monday.

Titled “The Cult of Elon,” the documentary is one in all eight being produced by Vice Information for the streaming service Tubi. It is going to concentrate on Musk’s “path to changing into some of the influential, and controversial, businessmen by creating an immensely highly effective cult of persona,” in accordance with the report.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on

“The Cult of Elon” is govt produced by Maral Usefi and Stacey Sommer, edited by Jeb Banegas and Patrick Mannion, and produced by Steve Bartus.

This is not the one Elon Musk documentary within the works. Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney final month introduced that he was engaged on one in all his personal, merely titled “Elon,” that goals to be a “definitive and unvarnished examination” of the billionaire. Gibney isn’t any stranger to movies on business bigwigs, having beforehand coated Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes and her former firm Theranos, and former Enron executives. A launch date for “Elon” hasn’t been set.

Elon Musk and Jay Leno in Tesla Cybertruck

Musk’s life definitely consists of loads of materials for a documentary. Because the persona behind PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla, he is hardly ever been out of the limelight over the previous decade. And whether or not it is splitting with Tesla’s founders or repeated claims about full-self-driving functionality which have attracted the eye of the Justice Division and federal regulators, Musk’s administration of the automaker hasn’t been with out controversy.

Those that observe the auto business have turn out to be aware of Musk’s distinctive persona, however he is attracted much more headlines since taking on Twitter, giving social media customers an up-close have a look at his administration type. Maybe that is why, even after Tesla’s many success, it is solely now that we’re getting Musk documentaries.