A live-action TV adaptation of Hasbro’s Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game has run out of hit points at Paramount+, which had given the project an eight-episode, straight-to-series order back in January 2023.
Sources tell TVLine that creative differences brought the series to a halt at Paramount+, and that after being redeveloped with a new creative team Tbd, Hasbro plans to shop the series elsewhere.
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Sources tell TVLine that creative differences brought the series to a halt at Paramount+, and that after being redeveloped with a new creative team Tbd, Hasbro plans to shop the series elsewhere.
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- 5/30/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
A live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series was in development for Paramount+ and had even been given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order by the streaming service, but Deadline now reports that the project is no longer moving forward.
However, the Dungeons & Dragons series isn’t entirely dead, as Hasbro Entertainment will be shopping it to other potential buyers. It’s also said the series will receive a creative update which will be tackled by a new creative team. The version which was sold to Paramount+ was overseen by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Skyscraper), who wrote the pilot script and was going to direct the first episode. Drew Crevello (WeCrashed) was brought on to serve as executive producer and showrunner last year.
The report states that Hasbro remains committed to the Dungeons & Dragons TV series, meaning that it will likely be a matter of when, not if, the project emerges elsewhere.
However, the Dungeons & Dragons series isn’t entirely dead, as Hasbro Entertainment will be shopping it to other potential buyers. It’s also said the series will receive a creative update which will be tackled by a new creative team. The version which was sold to Paramount+ was overseen by Rawson Marshall Thurber (Skyscraper), who wrote the pilot script and was going to direct the first episode. Drew Crevello (WeCrashed) was brought on to serve as executive producer and showrunner last year.
The report states that Hasbro remains committed to the Dungeons & Dragons TV series, meaning that it will likely be a matter of when, not if, the project emerges elsewhere.
- 5/30/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Paramount+ has opted not to proceed with its live-action series based on Hasbro’s wildly popular Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game franchise.
The move comes almost a year and a half after the Paramount streamer in January 2023 gave the project an eight-episode, straight-to-series order. At the time, it was a co-production between Hasbro-owned eOne, which had developed the series, and Paramount Pictures.
Now shepherded by Hasbro’s in-house division Hasbro Entertainment following eOne’s December 2023 sale to Lionsgate, the project will undergo a creative update before being taken out to other potential buyers, both production partners and platforms, sources said.
The changes will include a new creative team. The version, which sold to Paramount+, was from creator Rawson Marshall Thurber, who wrote the pilot script and was set to direct the first episode. He was subsequently joined by Drew Crevello, who came on board in April 2023 as executive producer and showrunner.
The move comes almost a year and a half after the Paramount streamer in January 2023 gave the project an eight-episode, straight-to-series order. At the time, it was a co-production between Hasbro-owned eOne, which had developed the series, and Paramount Pictures.
Now shepherded by Hasbro’s in-house division Hasbro Entertainment following eOne’s December 2023 sale to Lionsgate, the project will undergo a creative update before being taken out to other potential buyers, both production partners and platforms, sources said.
The changes will include a new creative team. The version, which sold to Paramount+, was from creator Rawson Marshall Thurber, who wrote the pilot script and was set to direct the first episode. He was subsequently joined by Drew Crevello, who came on board in April 2023 as executive producer and showrunner.
- 5/30/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Dungeons and Dragons captivated audiences as a beloved TV show during the 1980s, becoming a cultural phenomenon in its own right. Decades later, in March 2023, fans witnessed a film adaptation of the iconic franchise, titled Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
However, despite high hopes, the movie fell short of expectations, failing to achieve the desired success.
Dungeons and Dragons
Nevertheless, amidst the disappointment, there shines a glimmer of hope for dedicated enthusiasts. The ongoing development of a new television series promises a continuation of the beloved saga, potentially paving the way for a sequel to the original animated show.
This optimistic outlook was reinforced by the confidence expressed by the CEO of Hasbro, who foresaw a bright future for the Dungeons and Dragons franchise on screen.
A Promising Update on the 80’s TV Show Dungeons and Dragons
1980’s cartoon Dungeons and Dragons
Amidst the concerns of Dungeons and Dragons...
However, despite high hopes, the movie fell short of expectations, failing to achieve the desired success.
Dungeons and Dragons
Nevertheless, amidst the disappointment, there shines a glimmer of hope for dedicated enthusiasts. The ongoing development of a new television series promises a continuation of the beloved saga, potentially paving the way for a sequel to the original animated show.
This optimistic outlook was reinforced by the confidence expressed by the CEO of Hasbro, who foresaw a bright future for the Dungeons and Dragons franchise on screen.
A Promising Update on the 80’s TV Show Dungeons and Dragons
1980’s cartoon Dungeons and Dragons
Amidst the concerns of Dungeons and Dragons...
- 2/18/2024
- by Pritha
- FandomWire
Hasbro is launching a new division called Hasbro Entertainment, which will unify the company’s film, television, animation, and digital media businesses.
Olivier Dumont will serve as president of Hasbro Entertainment, while Zev Foreman and Gabriel Marano will serve as the head of film and head of television, respectively. All three are joining Hasbro Entertainment from eOne, which Hasbro recently sold to Lionsgate.
“We are thrilled to embark on this new chapter, building upon our rich heritage of storytelling to continue delighting audiences across generations,” Dumont said. “Gabe, Zev, and I look forward to working with the industry’s best creative talent, studios, and distribution platforms to push the envelope with innovative storytelling that will let fans engage with their favorite brands like never before, while also building exciting new worlds and the next wave of Hasbro franchises for a growing audience.”
Dumont most recently served as president of family brands for eOne.
Olivier Dumont will serve as president of Hasbro Entertainment, while Zev Foreman and Gabriel Marano will serve as the head of film and head of television, respectively. All three are joining Hasbro Entertainment from eOne, which Hasbro recently sold to Lionsgate.
“We are thrilled to embark on this new chapter, building upon our rich heritage of storytelling to continue delighting audiences across generations,” Dumont said. “Gabe, Zev, and I look forward to working with the industry’s best creative talent, studios, and distribution platforms to push the envelope with innovative storytelling that will let fans engage with their favorite brands like never before, while also building exciting new worlds and the next wave of Hasbro franchises for a growing audience.”
Dumont most recently served as president of family brands for eOne.
- 8/16/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
eOne executives Olivier Dumont, Zev Foreman and Gabriel Marano will lead Hasbro Entertainment, a new division that will develop television and film content around the toy and game company’s most valuable brands.
Dumont will serve as the division’s president, while Foreman and Marano will become its heads of film and television, respectively. Foreman and Marano were primarily focused on Hasbro IP projects while at eOne and will continue this work in their new expanded roles directly for Hasbro Entertainment.
“We are thrilled to embark on this new chapter, building upon our rich heritage of storytelling to continue delighting audiences across generations,” Dumont said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. “Gabe, Zev and I look forward to working with the industry’s best creative talent, studios and distribution platforms to push the envelope with innovative storytelling that will let fans engage with their favorite brands like never before, while...
Dumont will serve as the division’s president, while Foreman and Marano will become its heads of film and television, respectively. Foreman and Marano were primarily focused on Hasbro IP projects while at eOne and will continue this work in their new expanded roles directly for Hasbro Entertainment.
“We are thrilled to embark on this new chapter, building upon our rich heritage of storytelling to continue delighting audiences across generations,” Dumont said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. “Gabe, Zev and I look forward to working with the industry’s best creative talent, studios and distribution platforms to push the envelope with innovative storytelling that will let fans engage with their favorite brands like never before, while...
- 8/16/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Dungeons & Dragons series: Drew Crevello joins the party as showrunner of the live-action adaptation
The Dungeons & Dragons series is gaining another party member in Drew Crevello (WeCrashed) as the showrunner of the live-action adaptation for Paramount+. Crevello will work closely with Rawson Marshall Thurber, who wrote the pilot script and will direct the first episode. The eight-episode series is a co-production between eOne and Paramount Pictures, with eOne leading the charge.
According to Deadline’s previous report, “Adapting Dungeons & Dragons for television has been a major focus for eOne under President of Global Television Michael Lombardo following the company’s 2019 acquisition by Hasbro. The live-action series has been tipped to be the studio’s largest-scope TV project ever, potentially launching a Dungeons & Dragons universe spanning multiple scripted and unscripted shows.”
Deadline would also like to remind us that Dungeons & Dragons is “a fantasy role-playing game franchise. Featuring humans, elves, orcs, and other fantastical creatures engaging in wars, treasure hunts, and campaigns,...
According to Deadline’s previous report, “Adapting Dungeons & Dragons for television has been a major focus for eOne under President of Global Television Michael Lombardo following the company’s 2019 acquisition by Hasbro. The live-action series has been tipped to be the studio’s largest-scope TV project ever, potentially launching a Dungeons & Dragons universe spanning multiple scripted and unscripted shows.”
Deadline would also like to remind us that Dungeons & Dragons is “a fantasy role-playing game franchise. Featuring humans, elves, orcs, and other fantastical creatures engaging in wars, treasure hunts, and campaigns,...
- 4/14/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
The “Dungeons & Dragons” live-action series at Paramount+ has found its showrunner, Variety has confirmed.
Drew Crevello will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series, which was ordered at the streamer in January.
Rawson Marshall Thurber wrote the pilot for the series and will direct the first episode. Paramount+ has given the show an eight-episode order. The series is a co-production between eOne and Paramount Pictures, with eOne serving as the lead studio. Exact plot details, including what elements of the “Dungeons & Dragons” canon will be included, are being kept under wraps.
This will mark Crevello’s first time running a series solo. He most recently co-created and served as co-showrunner for the Apple limited series “WeCrashed.” He also helped to develop films like “X-Men: First Class” and “Deadpool” during his time as a film executive.
He is repped by UTA and Anonymous Content.
“Dungeons & Dragons...
Drew Crevello will serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series, which was ordered at the streamer in January.
Rawson Marshall Thurber wrote the pilot for the series and will direct the first episode. Paramount+ has given the show an eight-episode order. The series is a co-production between eOne and Paramount Pictures, with eOne serving as the lead studio. Exact plot details, including what elements of the “Dungeons & Dragons” canon will be included, are being kept under wraps.
This will mark Crevello’s first time running a series solo. He most recently co-created and served as co-showrunner for the Apple limited series “WeCrashed.” He also helped to develop films like “X-Men: First Class” and “Deadpool” during his time as a film executive.
He is repped by UTA and Anonymous Content.
“Dungeons & Dragons...
- 4/14/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“I’m just making an argument to make this fascinating to our listeners here,” jokes our Awards Columnist today on Deadline’s TV Talk podcast.
With TV Academy members casting their ballots for nominations as we speak, Pete Hammond and Deadline’s Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten want to make everyone’s day a little bit easier with some final predictions of who will make the cut(s).
Take a listen to our final TV Talk podcast (at least for this phase of awards season) here:
As you can hear, Dopesick, The White Lotus, Maid, The Dropout, Gaslit, The First Lady and Michelle Pfeiffer, and Under the Banner of Heaven are among our bets to be strong contenders in the Limited Series category. With some Reservation Dogs, Abbott Elementary, Atlanta, the now-concluded Grace & Frankie, Better Things and Black-ish in the game, we also throw down over who will fill the...
With TV Academy members casting their ballots for nominations as we speak, Pete Hammond and Deadline’s Chief TV Critic Dominic Patten want to make everyone’s day a little bit easier with some final predictions of who will make the cut(s).
Take a listen to our final TV Talk podcast (at least for this phase of awards season) here:
As you can hear, Dopesick, The White Lotus, Maid, The Dropout, Gaslit, The First Lady and Michelle Pfeiffer, and Under the Banner of Heaven are among our bets to be strong contenders in the Limited Series category. With some Reservation Dogs, Abbott Elementary, Atlanta, the now-concluded Grace & Frankie, Better Things and Black-ish in the game, we also throw down over who will fill the...
- 7/12/2022
- by Dominic Patten and Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
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This feature was produced and curated by THR editors and is presented by Apple TV+.
In the final minutes of Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, the ousted co-founders of WeWork, Adam and Rebekah Neumann (played by Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway), appear to have landed on top even after leading their company to a failed IPO. They’re shown jetting off to the Dead Sea, in Israel, for a family vacation — with millions in their pocket. But in an ironic twist, the show actually ends with the couple rubbing salt water out of their eyes after learning that they won’t receive a penny of the payout they thought they were getting to leave the company.
WeCrashed, the eight-episode miniseries based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, toys with the concepts of winners, losers, smarts and scams as it depicts the rise...
This feature was produced and curated by THR editors and is presented by Apple TV+.
In the final minutes of Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, the ousted co-founders of WeWork, Adam and Rebekah Neumann (played by Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway), appear to have landed on top even after leading their company to a failed IPO. They’re shown jetting off to the Dead Sea, in Israel, for a family vacation — with millions in their pocket. But in an ironic twist, the show actually ends with the couple rubbing salt water out of their eyes after learning that they won’t receive a penny of the payout they thought they were getting to leave the company.
WeCrashed, the eight-episode miniseries based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, toys with the concepts of winners, losers, smarts and scams as it depicts the rise...
- 6/15/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From creators, showrunners and writers Drew Crevello & Lee Eisenberg — Crevello, a former Fox exec who oversaw films like “Deadpool,” and “X-Men: First Class,” Eisenberg, known for writing comedies like “Bad Teacher” and “Good Boys” with Gene Stupnitsky — Apple TV+‘s “We Crashed” is one of the most surprising mini-series of the year.
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Continue reading ‘We Crashed’: Jared Leto On Initially Being “Seduced” By Damien Chazelle, His “Perfect Partner” Anne Hathaway & More [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 6/14/2022
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
The Season 2 premiere of “Euphoria” opens with a 10-minute prologue that is, even by the fearless standard set in that show’s first season, astonishingly provocative. In telling the origin story of drug dealer Fezco, writer-director Sam Levinson breathlessly races through a sex-, violence-, and cocaine-fueled set piece with camera moves as propulsive as any conjured by Scorsese at his most frenetic. What binds the incendiary content and dynamic visuals is the music, an in-your-face parade of 10 anthemic songs that range from Billy Swan covering Elvis to Poison’s hair metal hit “I Want Action,” with some Harry Nilsson and Bo Diddley thrown in for good measure.
And that’s just the prologue — then the opening title comes up to the tune of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” and we’re in an entirely new musical register that leads into two dozen more equally varied and original song choices over the course of an hour.
And that’s just the prologue — then the opening title comes up to the tune of 2Pac’s “Hit ‘Em Up” and we’re in an entirely new musical register that leads into two dozen more equally varied and original song choices over the course of an hour.
- 6/13/2022
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
What’s harder to work with when it comes to writing a limited series — true stories taken from real life, or the stuff of fiction? A panel of top writers debated the challenges of working with headline-driven and historical material during the final hour of Variety‘s Night in the Writers’ Room on June 9 at 1 Hotel in West Hollywood.
“There’s a little bit of a tightrope-walk in a true story that you don’t necessarily have to walk in fiction,” said Dustin Lance Black, the writer-producer behind FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven.” He noted that the series, about the 1984 murder of a woman and her infant daughter in Salt Lake City, deals with three intertwined stories, one of which is fictional. “That one to me, I had a slightly easier time with. If I hit a dramatic wall and needed a complication, I was able to make it up.
“There’s a little bit of a tightrope-walk in a true story that you don’t necessarily have to walk in fiction,” said Dustin Lance Black, the writer-producer behind FX’s “Under the Banner of Heaven.” He noted that the series, about the 1984 murder of a woman and her infant daughter in Salt Lake City, deals with three intertwined stories, one of which is fictional. “That one to me, I had a slightly easier time with. If I hit a dramatic wall and needed a complication, I was able to make it up.
- 6/10/2022
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
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If you’ve listened to a good podcast in the past year, chances are high that a studio is already in talks to adapt it for the screen.
The podcast-to-tv trend kicked into high gear earlier this year with the release of shows like Hulu’s The Dropout, Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, Peacock’s Joe vs. Carole and NBC’s The Thing About Pam — all of which were prestige, limited series based on podcasts of the same name. At the end of 2021, audiences saw Peacock’s Dr. Death and Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door.
In some instances, such as with WeCrashed and Dr. Death, the showrunners were given early access to the podcast to see if — and how — they would be interested in adapting the story for TV.
“I was sucked in from the first episode of the podcast,” says Patrick Macmanus,...
If you’ve listened to a good podcast in the past year, chances are high that a studio is already in talks to adapt it for the screen.
The podcast-to-tv trend kicked into high gear earlier this year with the release of shows like Hulu’s The Dropout, Apple TV+’s WeCrashed, Peacock’s Joe vs. Carole and NBC’s The Thing About Pam — all of which were prestige, limited series based on podcasts of the same name. At the end of 2021, audiences saw Peacock’s Dr. Death and Apple TV+’s The Shrink Next Door.
In some instances, such as with WeCrashed and Dr. Death, the showrunners were given early access to the podcast to see if — and how — they would be interested in adapting the story for TV.
“I was sucked in from the first episode of the podcast,” says Patrick Macmanus,...
- 6/9/2022
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There’s a version of “WeCrashed,” the Apple TV+ limited series that tracks the rise and fall of WeWork, that could have made co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Neumann, into outright villains. But rather than cast judgment on the Neumanns, the show presents their actions and allows viewers to decide what to think on their own.
“We felt it was our job as writers to understand these two people as best we could and to really try to almost craft psychological profiles of the two of them,” co-creator Drew Crevello tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “And then from that, we reverse-engineered the characters through which we could tell this story. And you can’t do that you can’t really take a deep dive into someone’s life without developing empathy.”
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“We felt it was our job as writers to understand these two people as best we could and to really try to almost craft psychological profiles of the two of them,” co-creator Drew Crevello tells Gold Derby in an exclusive video interview. “And then from that, we reverse-engineered the characters through which we could tell this story. And you can’t do that you can’t really take a deep dive into someone’s life without developing empathy.”
SEEJared Leto interview: ‘WeCrashed’
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- 6/5/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Out of the bustling ecosystem of this season’s true crime dramas and docs, “The Dropout,” Hulu’s dynamic adaptation of the ABC News podcast about disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, has emerged as an innovative creation in the sub-genre of scam TV. But when she created the series, showrunner Elizabeth Meriwether didn’t see it that way at first.
“I never really thought of ‘The Dropout’ as a scam show,” she says. “I saw it as a character study.”
Meriwether accepts the placement of her series within the overall scam genre, which has never been more popular, but says there are more differences between the myriad projects than similarities.
“The quote-unquote scam that was committed is so different in each show, and I think that may be easy to lose sight of,” she says.
It’s impossible to name every possible flavor of schemes. As with “The Dropout,” the...
“I never really thought of ‘The Dropout’ as a scam show,” she says. “I saw it as a character study.”
Meriwether accepts the placement of her series within the overall scam genre, which has never been more popular, but says there are more differences between the myriad projects than similarities.
“The quote-unquote scam that was committed is so different in each show, and I think that may be easy to lose sight of,” she says.
It’s impossible to name every possible flavor of schemes. As with “The Dropout,” the...
- 5/26/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
WeWork founder and former CEO Adam Neumann, who steered his real estate office company through some disastrous decisions, only to walk away from it with 1.7 billion, was a tell-tale ripe for a binge-viewing era.
What was the way into this Icarus story? For co-creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, it was through Adam’s wife, Rebekah. To this date, despite the duo being forced out of WeWork, the couple remains happily married.
Listen to our conversation with the duo below:
“The relationship with Adam and Rebekah felt like a fresh way of exploring a business story,” explains Eisenberg.
“We talked about this character, this charismatic, larger than life salesman, in how they’d been part of these bubbles through the ages,” says Crevello, “So charismatic, he could generate billions of investment.”
“Rebekah pulled this story into a love story,” added Crevello on Crew Call today.
Though on the sidelines, she gave WeWork an ethos,...
What was the way into this Icarus story? For co-creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, it was through Adam’s wife, Rebekah. To this date, despite the duo being forced out of WeWork, the couple remains happily married.
Listen to our conversation with the duo below:
“The relationship with Adam and Rebekah felt like a fresh way of exploring a business story,” explains Eisenberg.
“We talked about this character, this charismatic, larger than life salesman, in how they’d been part of these bubbles through the ages,” says Crevello, “So charismatic, he could generate billions of investment.”
“Rebekah pulled this story into a love story,” added Crevello on Crew Call today.
Though on the sidelines, she gave WeWork an ethos,...
- 5/25/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
In the past, when Jared Leto has transformed himself for a role, it was often as part of a larger ensemble, as he did in last year’s “House of Gucci” or 2013’s “Dallas Buyers Club,” which won Leto an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. But for his latest performance as real-life WeWork co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann on “WeCrashed,” Leto is in almost every scene of the eight-episode Apple TV+ limited series. For the famously committed actor, the series was “the opportunity of a lifetime.”
“I’d never had that kind of challenge. I’d never had that much dialogue. I’d never given that many speeches – speeches upon speeches upon speeches. And I was ready for it. I never felt more ready for it, than I felt on that set,” Leto tells Gold Derby of his acclaimed performance. “I’ve been maybe avoiding this for a long time.
“I’d never had that kind of challenge. I’d never had that much dialogue. I’d never given that many speeches – speeches upon speeches upon speeches. And I was ready for it. I never felt more ready for it, than I felt on that set,” Leto tells Gold Derby of his acclaimed performance. “I’ve been maybe avoiding this for a long time.
- 5/12/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
It starts with a black screen and the opening notes of “Happy Man” by Jungle before providing “WeCrashed” viewers with an unforgettable image: a literal horse’s ass as it slowly walks through a modern office space. “Can you believe we got away with that?” Stefan Draht, the co-director of the main title sequence for the Apple TV+ limited series “WeCrashed,” tells Gold Derby. “It sets it right up. This is going to be a little bananas and this story’s going to get weird.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Based on the podcast of the same name about the rise and fall of WeWork and its co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann (played by Jared Leto), “WeCrashed” is a show that constantly subverts the audiences’ expectations. Rather than treat Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Neumann (Anne Hathaway), as outright punchlines, the series intentionally avoids putting its finger on the proverbial scales.
Based on the podcast of the same name about the rise and fall of WeWork and its co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann (played by Jared Leto), “WeCrashed” is a show that constantly subverts the audiences’ expectations. Rather than treat Neumann and his wife, Rebekah Neumann (Anne Hathaway), as outright punchlines, the series intentionally avoids putting its finger on the proverbial scales.
- 5/2/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When editor Justin Krohn first read the pilot script for “WeCrashed,” the Apple TV+ limited series about the rise and fall of WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann, it reminded him of “The Wolf of Wall Street” in the way it mixed comedy and drama in equal measure.
“One of the things, once we got working, was how comic would the show be? Because there certainly was a version of this you could have done where it would’ve gotten a little ridiculous,” Krohn tells Gold Derby about the series, which was created by Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg and stars Jared Leto as Adam and Anne Hathaway as Adam’s wife and business partner, Rebekah. “It could have gone a lot of different ways.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
But Krohn and the creative team – including filmmakers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who served as directors on the first and...
“One of the things, once we got working, was how comic would the show be? Because there certainly was a version of this you could have done where it would’ve gotten a little ridiculous,” Krohn tells Gold Derby about the series, which was created by Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg and stars Jared Leto as Adam and Anne Hathaway as Adam’s wife and business partner, Rebekah. “It could have gone a lot of different ways.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
But Krohn and the creative team – including filmmakers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who served as directors on the first and...
- 4/30/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
After production designer Amy Williams pitched “WeCrashed” showrunners Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg on her vision for the show, she received an answer that was unique: an unequivocal yes.
“My first initial thought and design was immediately accepted and they were excited about it and that’s pretty rare,” Williams tells Gold Derby. “So there were moments where I couldn’t believe, I felt like I was getting away with something Like, ‘Really? You’re going to let me build something that’s a city block long and three stories and has elevators and all these crazy elements?’ And they were all about it, so it was kind of a dream.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
SEEWatch Jared Leto’s latest transformation in the first trailer for Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed’
Based on the podcast of the same name, “WeCrashed” is about the rise and fall of WeWork under co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann.
“My first initial thought and design was immediately accepted and they were excited about it and that’s pretty rare,” Williams tells Gold Derby. “So there were moments where I couldn’t believe, I felt like I was getting away with something Like, ‘Really? You’re going to let me build something that’s a city block long and three stories and has elevators and all these crazy elements?’ And they were all about it, so it was kind of a dream.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
SEEWatch Jared Leto’s latest transformation in the first trailer for Apple TV+’s ‘WeCrashed’
Based on the podcast of the same name, “WeCrashed” is about the rise and fall of WeWork under co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann.
- 4/28/2022
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When it came to recreating the offices of WeWork, the company that made and lost billions of dollars, production designer Amy Williams was told she could go as big as she possibly could.
The communal office space world is depicted in the Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed,” which comes to an end on Friday. The show charts the rise and fall of founders Adam Neumann, played by Jared Leto, and his wife Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, played by Anne Hathaway.
Williams was excited as a designer to dip into the big, luscious extravagant world. Creators Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg mentioned she would have to build the main headquarters set. “I had this idea that I wanted it to be this confusing, M. C. Escher-type staircase [place] that was three stories and confusing,” says Williams. When she pitched it to the showrunners, they loved it. The set ended up being so big, it...
The communal office space world is depicted in the Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed,” which comes to an end on Friday. The show charts the rise and fall of founders Adam Neumann, played by Jared Leto, and his wife Rebekah Paltrow Neumann, played by Anne Hathaway.
Williams was excited as a designer to dip into the big, luscious extravagant world. Creators Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg mentioned she would have to build the main headquarters set. “I had this idea that I wanted it to be this confusing, M. C. Escher-type staircase [place] that was three stories and confusing,” says Williams. When she pitched it to the showrunners, they loved it. The set ended up being so big, it...
- 4/21/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Writer, director, and actor O-t Fagbenle is a busy man! Emmy-nominated for his supporting role as Luke Bankole in The Handmaid’s Tale, Fagbenle most recently starred opposite Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh in Marvel’s Black Widow. He also stars as Barack Obama in Showtime’s anthology series The First Lady alongside Oscar winner Viola Davis. He also recently wrote, co-directed, exec produced and starred in six-part comedy series Maxxx.
Along with The First Lady, Fagbenle appears in several episodes of the Apple + TV show WeCrashed (which is of course about the WeWork disaster involving Adam and Rebecca Neuman). Created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, WeCrashed is about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
In the show, the actor plays Cameron Lautner, a partner at a...
Along with The First Lady, Fagbenle appears in several episodes of the Apple + TV show WeCrashed (which is of course about the WeWork disaster involving Adam and Rebecca Neuman). Created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, WeCrashed is about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
In the show, the actor plays Cameron Lautner, a partner at a...
- 4/19/2022
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Jared Leto, who stars in WeCrashed, said he knew he would regret not meeting with Adam Neumann before embodying the former WeWork CEO for the Apple TV+ series.
“I didn’t want to play a villain, especially villainize someone who’s still alive,” the Morbius star said during a panel for the show at Deadline’s Contenders Television event.
Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
As part of his research, Leto said he secretly met with Neumann to inform his portrayal. The actor said he felt an “obligation” to represent the businessman with dignity and grace despite the co-working space’s major downfall. The meeting, however, remained a secret to series showrunners and creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, who said they didn’t learn of the private conversation until Neumann later admitted that Leto reached out.
WeCrashed follows the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups,...
“I didn’t want to play a villain, especially villainize someone who’s still alive,” the Morbius star said during a panel for the show at Deadline’s Contenders Television event.
Contenders TV — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
As part of his research, Leto said he secretly met with Neumann to inform his portrayal. The actor said he felt an “obligation” to represent the businessman with dignity and grace despite the co-working space’s major downfall. The meeting, however, remained a secret to series showrunners and creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, who said they didn’t learn of the private conversation until Neumann later admitted that Leto reached out.
WeCrashed follows the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups,...
- 4/9/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
If you’ve been watching “WeCrashed” on Apple TV+, then odds are pretty good you’ve had a certain Katy Perry song stuck in your head lately. “Roar” has had a presence in almost every episode at this point — but that’s because WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann really did love it.
Where some series pick their music very meticulously, “WeCrashed” had “Roar” built into it from the beginning. Series showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello did a lot of research in creating the series, and admit that Neumann’s love of the song was discovered very early on.
“I wish it was a choice because it’s so brilliant. But that was one of the first things we found out about Adam and Rebekah,” Crevello told TheWrap. “That Adam became obsessed with the song ‘Roar’ and would blast it in the office to the point where some employees couldn’t concentrate or do their jobs,...
Where some series pick their music very meticulously, “WeCrashed” had “Roar” built into it from the beginning. Series showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello did a lot of research in creating the series, and admit that Neumann’s love of the song was discovered very early on.
“I wish it was a choice because it’s so brilliant. But that was one of the first things we found out about Adam and Rebekah,” Crevello told TheWrap. “That Adam became obsessed with the song ‘Roar’ and would blast it in the office to the point where some employees couldn’t concentrate or do their jobs,...
- 4/2/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
What would Anne Hathaway have looked like as one of the Na’vi people from James Cameron’s “Avatar”? Well, episode four of “WeCrashed,” now streaming on Apple TV+, has an answer — and yes, that costume choice was actually based on real life.
In this week’s episode, fans finally meet America Ferrera’s character, Elishia Kennedy. She meets Rebekah Neumann (Hathaway) at a Halloween party at their children’s school. Kennedy has gone just as intensely as Neumann has, wrapped head to toe as a mummy, and jokes “Maybe we overdid it.”
It creates a sweet bonding moment for the women, allowing Rebekah to make a true friend. But for the record, the Na’vi look wasn’t just chosen as an outlandish costume to help the story along.
“That’s based on a real story,” showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello told TheWrap. “That’s based on a real costume.
In this week’s episode, fans finally meet America Ferrera’s character, Elishia Kennedy. She meets Rebekah Neumann (Hathaway) at a Halloween party at their children’s school. Kennedy has gone just as intensely as Neumann has, wrapped head to toe as a mummy, and jokes “Maybe we overdid it.”
It creates a sweet bonding moment for the women, allowing Rebekah to make a true friend. But for the record, the Na’vi look wasn’t just chosen as an outlandish costume to help the story along.
“That’s based on a real story,” showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello told TheWrap. “That’s based on a real costume.
- 3/26/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
In today’s episode of Bingeworthy, our revitalized TV and streaming podcast co-hosts Mike DeAngelo and Rodrigo Perez dig into the rise and trend of tech grifter television which is all the rage at this very moment. Specifically, we discuss Apple TV+’s new series “WeCrashed,” which tells the true story of Adam and Rebecca Neumann, founders of WeWork, which grew from a single co-working space in New York to a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade — until disaster struck.
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Continue reading ‘WeCrashed’: Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello Talk About Their Funny, But Empathetic Tech Grifter/Love Story Series [Bingeworthy Interview] at The Playlist.
- 3/21/2022
- by Mike DeAngelo
- The Playlist
As Hollywood events return to full force in New York and Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic, here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings, including red carpets for WeCrashed, Pachinko, Life & Beth and Cheaper by the Dozen.
SXSW
The annual music, tech and film festival returned to Austin this year, kicking off on March 11 and running until March 20, with premieres of Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City, Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, along with debuts of upcoming shows Dmz, Halo, Swimming with Sharks and The Girl From Plainville.
Pachinko Global Premiere Event
Apple TV+ hosted a starry premiere for its global series on Wednesday at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, where the cast, including Yuh-jung Youn, Lee Minho, Jin Ha, Minha Kim, Anna Sawai and Jimmi Simpson, was joined by guests Natalie Portman, Damon Lindelof, Ashley Park,...
SXSW
The annual music, tech and film festival returned to Austin this year, kicking off on March 11 and running until March 20, with premieres of Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Lost City, Bodies Bodies Bodies, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, along with debuts of upcoming shows Dmz, Halo, Swimming with Sharks and The Girl From Plainville.
Pachinko Global Premiere Event
Apple TV+ hosted a starry premiere for its global series on Wednesday at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, where the cast, including Yuh-jung Youn, Lee Minho, Jin Ha, Minha Kim, Anna Sawai and Jimmi Simpson, was joined by guests Natalie Portman, Damon Lindelof, Ashley Park,...
- 3/18/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The writing is already on the wall for WeWork, the wildly profitable (but exorbitantly expensive) brainchild of co-founder and CEO Adam Neumann, when "WeCrashed" throws viewers headfirst into the plot with its very first scene. Based on the Wondery podcast "WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork," the Apple TV+ series from creators Lee Eisenberg ("The Office," "Good Boys," "Little America") and Drew Crevello documents the whirlwind years leading up to the make-or-break moment when the co-working space company is set to go public ... or not.
The story kicks off in September of 2018...
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The story kicks off in September of 2018...
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- 3/12/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
As TV expands beyond its traditional borders and attracts talent that would otherwise typically stick to films, the troubling trend of people describing their shows as “a [x]-hour movie” refuses to die. It’s never quite clear what they mean, but for whatever reason, this inherent snobbery about the medium of television persists from some of the most prominent people making it. So it’s to their credit that, at this point, the creators of “WeCrashed” (i.e. Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello) haven’t described their limited series – featuring movie stars Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, no less – as an eight-hour film. And yet, that’s exactly what the show ends up resembling most as its strong start meanders to its repetitive, inevitable end.
“WeCrashed” – which premiered March 12 at SXSW before its March 18 debut on Apple TV Plus – delves into the bizarre, true story of “serial entrepreneur” Adam Neumann...
“WeCrashed” – which premiered March 12 at SXSW before its March 18 debut on Apple TV Plus – delves into the bizarre, true story of “serial entrepreneur” Adam Neumann...
- 3/12/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
SXSW can’t get enough of Adam Neumann. Just last year, during the festival’s virtual edition, Jed Rothstein’s documentary feature, “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn” centered on the co-working company’s co-founder. Now, for SXSW’s in-person return, he’s back — albeit being played by Jared Leto in the Apple TV+ scripted series, “WeCrashed.”
Expanding the runtime from 104 minutes to eight hours and adding a love story to the office drama, Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg’s low-key satire of WeWork’s rise and fall doesn’t suffer all the same flaws as its unscripted predecessor. Leto ably captures Neumann’s magnetism, which was oft-discussed yet never realized in the doc. The series’ structure is sound, doing just enough to support yet another in media res opening. The dark comedy clicks, the design is polished, and pacing smooth, but like the documentary (now...
Expanding the runtime from 104 minutes to eight hours and adding a love story to the office drama, Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg’s low-key satire of WeWork’s rise and fall doesn’t suffer all the same flaws as its unscripted predecessor. Leto ably captures Neumann’s magnetism, which was oft-discussed yet never realized in the doc. The series’ structure is sound, doing just enough to support yet another in media res opening. The dark comedy clicks, the design is polished, and pacing smooth, but like the documentary (now...
- 3/12/2022
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Apple TV Plus has launched the first trailer for “WeCrashed,” a new drama limited series starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.
Based on the podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” by Wondery, “WeCrashed” tells the story of WeWork, a commercial real estate company that provides shared workspaces for technology startups. The show focuses on the rise and fall of Adam Neumann, the Israeli businessman who founded the company and stepped down in 2019 as its value plummeted.
The trailer shows Neumann starting the company with his wife Rebekah (Anne Hathaway) and developing it into a global brand. Tensions rise between the two, however, as Rebekah increasingly feels like her contributions to the company are diminished by her husband and the public at large.
“I have a responsibility to think bigger,” Leto’s Adam says in the trailer. “I’m a golden goose laying golden eggs.”
“WeCrashed” was created by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello,...
Based on the podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” by Wondery, “WeCrashed” tells the story of WeWork, a commercial real estate company that provides shared workspaces for technology startups. The show focuses on the rise and fall of Adam Neumann, the Israeli businessman who founded the company and stepped down in 2019 as its value plummeted.
The trailer shows Neumann starting the company with his wife Rebekah (Anne Hathaway) and developing it into a global brand. Tensions rise between the two, however, as Rebekah increasingly feels like her contributions to the company are diminished by her husband and the public at large.
“I have a responsibility to think bigger,” Leto’s Adam says in the trailer. “I’m a golden goose laying golden eggs.”
“WeCrashed” was created by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Wilson Chapman, Sasha Urban and Wyatte Grantham-Philips
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for “WeCrashed,” giving a glimpse into the highly anticipated limited series starring Academy Award and SAG Award winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, and based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork.” From Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, “WeCrashed” will premiere globally on Apple TV+ […]
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- 2/24/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Jared Leto’s take on WeWork founder Adam Neumann might just be crazy in the new trailer for the Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed.” But he’s got a partner ready to do it all with him.
The new footage from the limited series, which is based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello and hits Apple TV+ on March 18, focuses more on the love story behind WeWork, as Leto’s Neumann and Anne Hathaway’s Rebecca Neumann come together. But Rebecca has ambitions of her own.
The footage also gives audiences their first look at America Ferrera’s character, as she asks Rebecca, “Is Adam for real?” Rebecca assures her friend that “I wouldn’t be with him if he wasn’t.” That said, as they go on the journey of creating and promoting WeWork together, Rebecca makes it...
The new footage from the limited series, which is based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello and hits Apple TV+ on March 18, focuses more on the love story behind WeWork, as Leto’s Neumann and Anne Hathaway’s Rebecca Neumann come together. But Rebecca has ambitions of her own.
The footage also gives audiences their first look at America Ferrera’s character, as she asks Rebecca, “Is Adam for real?” Rebecca assures her friend that “I wouldn’t be with him if he wasn’t.” That said, as they go on the journey of creating and promoting WeWork together, Rebecca makes it...
- 2/24/2022
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
This marriage truly redefines what it means to be together for better or for worse.
Jared Leto transformed into WeWork founder Adam Neumann for Apple TV+’s limited series “WeCrashed,” premiering March 18 with the first three episodes. Yet it’s Anne Hathaway’s turn as Rebekah Neumann that is the lynchpin to the rise and fall of the revolutionary co-working unicorn.
In the latest trailer for the series, which will be released in new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 22, Academy Award winners Leto and Hathaway play into the power dynamics within a guru-turned-tech billionaire relationship.
Based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello — who also serve as co-writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners — the AppleTV+ series also Kyle Marvin, America Ferrera, and O-t Fagbenle. “WeCrashed” is directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who also...
Jared Leto transformed into WeWork founder Adam Neumann for Apple TV+’s limited series “WeCrashed,” premiering March 18 with the first three episodes. Yet it’s Anne Hathaway’s turn as Rebekah Neumann that is the lynchpin to the rise and fall of the revolutionary co-working unicorn.
In the latest trailer for the series, which will be released in new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 22, Academy Award winners Leto and Hathaway play into the power dynamics within a guru-turned-tech billionaire relationship.
Based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork” from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello — who also serve as co-writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners — the AppleTV+ series also Kyle Marvin, America Ferrera, and O-t Fagbenle. “WeCrashed” is directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who also...
- 2/24/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
It’s a story about grifters, self-belief, delusion, a global brand that almost collapsed, and a love story: It’s “WeCrashed,” a new Apple TV+ with a stellar cast and amazing creators. The highly-anticipated limited series stars Academy Award and SAG Award winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway and is based on the hit Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork.” From creators Lee Eisenberg (“Good Boys”) and Drew Crevello, “WeCrashed” premieres globally on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on March 18, followed by new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 22.
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- 2/24/2022
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Two years removed from his debut film Shithouse winning the top prize at SXSW the year that fest became the first one canceled by the Covid pandemic, writer-director Cooper Raiff finally will get his moment to take a bow in Austin.
Apple, which acquired Raiff’s Sundance Audience Award-winning follow-up Cha Cha Real Smooth for $15 million, has set that film as one of five titles that the streamer will send to SXSW. Cha Cha Real Smooth will get a SXSW screening Friday, March 18, followed by a conversation with the cast and filmmakers. The cast didn’t have the ability to do that in January when Sundance went virtual because of the Omicron spike.
Sundance Review: Dakota Johnson And Writer/Director/Star Cooper Raiff In ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
“It’s so exciting to be able to add two wonderful new titles to the lineup for the 2022 Film Festival as...
Apple, which acquired Raiff’s Sundance Audience Award-winning follow-up Cha Cha Real Smooth for $15 million, has set that film as one of five titles that the streamer will send to SXSW. Cha Cha Real Smooth will get a SXSW screening Friday, March 18, followed by a conversation with the cast and filmmakers. The cast didn’t have the ability to do that in January when Sundance went virtual because of the Omicron spike.
Sundance Review: Dakota Johnson And Writer/Director/Star Cooper Raiff In ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
“It’s so exciting to be able to add two wonderful new titles to the lineup for the 2022 Film Festival as...
- 2/16/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Today Apple TV+ released the teaser trailer for the upcoming limited series "WeCrashed," about the turbulent history of the company WeWork. The series is based on the Wondery podcast "WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork" from Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello. WeWork and its founders have a tumultuous history, hanging on for dear life as they took a roller coaster ride from rapid rise to devastating fall. Maybe you've been following this in the news. Maybe you're excited to see Academy Award and SAG Award winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway portray Adam and Rebekah Neumann, and for...
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- 1/19/2022
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
Apple TV Plus has released a teaser trailer for “WeCrashed,” its upcoming limited series about the rise and fall of real estate startup WeWork and the couple who headed the company. The footage also comes alongside a newly announced premiere date of March 18.
“This isn’t a place for people to punch in and out,” Leto’s Adam Neumann deadpans. Hathaway’s Rebekaj Neumann then declares that “WeWork’s role is to elevate the world’s consciousness.”
WeWork was once viewed as the next hot startup, with a value of nearly $50 billion. However, the company pulled the plug on an initial public offering in September 2019 in the wake of revelations about the erratic management and personal enrichment of its now disgraced co-founder Adam Neumann. Neumann resigned from the company around this time, while WeWork accepted a bailout from SoftBank.
“WeCrashed” is based on the Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and...
“This isn’t a place for people to punch in and out,” Leto’s Adam Neumann deadpans. Hathaway’s Rebekaj Neumann then declares that “WeWork’s role is to elevate the world’s consciousness.”
WeWork was once viewed as the next hot startup, with a value of nearly $50 billion. However, the company pulled the plug on an initial public offering in September 2019 in the wake of revelations about the erratic management and personal enrichment of its now disgraced co-founder Adam Neumann. Neumann resigned from the company around this time, while WeWork accepted a bailout from SoftBank.
“WeCrashed” is based on the Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and...
- 1/19/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: O-t Fagbenle (The Handmaid’s Tale) is set for a recurring role in Apple TV+’s limited series WeCrashed, starring Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway and America Ferrera. Crazy Stupid Love helmers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra direct.
Created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, WeCrashed is about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
Fagbenle will play Cameron Lautner, a partner at a powerful investment firm who is tasked with trying to instill discipline at WeWork and prepare it for its upcoming IPO, which brings him into conflict with the company’s eccentric and headstrong CEO.
Eisenberg and Crevello executive produce with Requa, Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak and Natalie Sandy. Emma Ludbrook will executive produce alongside Leto through their Paradox production company. Wondery also will executive produce.
Emmy-nominated for...
Created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, WeCrashed is about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
Fagbenle will play Cameron Lautner, a partner at a powerful investment firm who is tasked with trying to instill discipline at WeWork and prepare it for its upcoming IPO, which brings him into conflict with the company’s eccentric and headstrong CEO.
Eisenberg and Crevello executive produce with Requa, Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak and Natalie Sandy. Emma Ludbrook will executive produce alongside Leto through their Paradox production company. Wondery also will executive produce.
Emmy-nominated for...
- 8/16/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
America Ferrera has been cast in the Apple series “WeCrashed,” which tells the story of the rise and fall of WeWork, Variety has learned.
Ferrera joins previously announced cast members Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway, and Kyle Marvin. The series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. It is described as following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
Ferrera will play the role of Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork whose life is turned upside down as a result.
On television, Ferrera is known for her starring roles in the ABC series “Ugly Betty” and the NBC series “Superstore.” On the film side, she has starred in projects like “Real Women Have Curves,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” films, and the “How to Train Your Dragon” films.
Ferrera joins previously announced cast members Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway, and Kyle Marvin. The series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. It is described as following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
Ferrera will play the role of Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork whose life is turned upside down as a result.
On television, Ferrera is known for her starring roles in the ABC series “Ugly Betty” and the NBC series “Superstore.” On the film side, she has starred in projects like “Real Women Have Curves,” “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” films, and the “How to Train Your Dragon” films.
- 7/21/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Emmy winner America Ferrera has joined the cast of WeCrashed, the AppleTV+ limited series about the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
Ferrera will portray Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork, whose life is turned upside down as a result.
Previously announced cast includes Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.
The limited series is created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg — as part of his overall deal with Apple TV+ — and Drew Crevello, who also serve as EPs along with Requa, Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak and Natalie Sandy. Emma Ludbrook will executive produce alongside Leto through their Paradox production company. Wondery also will executive produce.
2020-21 Apple TV Pilots & Series Orders
Ferrera most recently wrapped on Season 2 of Netflix’s Gentefied, where she returned as executive producer and director.
Ferrera will portray Elishia Kennedy, a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork, whose life is turned upside down as a result.
Previously announced cast includes Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway.
The limited series is created and written by showrunners Lee Eisenberg — as part of his overall deal with Apple TV+ — and Drew Crevello, who also serve as EPs along with Requa, Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak and Natalie Sandy. Emma Ludbrook will executive produce alongside Leto through their Paradox production company. Wondery also will executive produce.
2020-21 Apple TV Pilots & Series Orders
Ferrera most recently wrapped on Season 2 of Netflix’s Gentefied, where she returned as executive producer and director.
- 7/21/2021
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s some heavenly casting news: Emmy winner America Ferrera — who most recently starred as Cloud 9 manager Amy Sosa on NBC’s Superstore — has been cast opposite Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in Apple TV+’s upcoming limited series WeCrashed.
Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, WeCrashed explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. Ferrera will play Elishia Kennedy, “a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork whose life is turned upside down as a result.
Based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, WeCrashed explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. Ferrera will play Elishia Kennedy, “a brilliant young entrepreneur seduced into joining WeWork whose life is turned upside down as a result.
- 7/21/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
America Ferrera has joined the cast of Apple’s limited series, “WeCrashed,” the streamer announced on Wednesday.
The Emmy, SAG, Golden Globe, Alma and Imagen Award-winner will star alongside the previously announced cast of Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway and Kyle Marvin.
The series, based on on the Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork,” will focus on the “greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.”
Ferrera will play Elishia Kennedy, a young entrepreneur whose life follows the twists and turns of the emerging company. Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann, while Hathaway will play his wife and co-founder, Rebekah Neumann.
Created by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello (“The Long Dark”), the series will be directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. Eisenberg will also co-write, executive produce and...
The Emmy, SAG, Golden Globe, Alma and Imagen Award-winner will star alongside the previously announced cast of Jared Leto, Anne Hathaway and Kyle Marvin.
The series, based on on the Wondery podcast “WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork,” will focus on the “greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.”
Ferrera will play Elishia Kennedy, a young entrepreneur whose life follows the twists and turns of the emerging company. Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann, while Hathaway will play his wife and co-founder, Rebekah Neumann.
Created by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello (“The Long Dark”), the series will be directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. Eisenberg will also co-write, executive produce and...
- 7/21/2021
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto star in the upcoming project
Kyle Marvin has joined Apple’s upcoming limited series on WeWork, where he’ll play a character inspired by co-founder Miguel McKelvey.
The limited series on the rise and fall of start-up WeWork stars Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto. It is titled “WeCrashed.” Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife and co-founder, Rebekah Neumann.
“WeCrashed” is from Drew Crevello and “Little America” co-creator Lee Eisenberg. It is based on Wondery’s podcast of the same name.
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Kyle Marvin has joined Apple’s upcoming limited series on WeWork, where he’ll play a character inspired by co-founder Miguel McKelvey.
The limited series on the rise and fall of start-up WeWork stars Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto. It is titled “WeCrashed.” Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife and co-founder, Rebekah Neumann.
“WeCrashed” is from Drew Crevello and “Little America” co-creator Lee Eisenberg. It is based on Wondery’s podcast of the same name.
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- 4/26/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Kyle Marvin has been cast in a lead role opposite Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in the upcoming Apple limited series “WeCrashed,” which details the fall of WeWork, Variety has learned exclusively.
The series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. It is described as following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible. Marvin will star as Miguel McKelvey, the co-founder of WeWork. Leto is set to play fellow co-founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife, Rebekah Neumann.
Marvin’s feature debut, “The Climb,” debuted at the Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard. It went on to receive the Coup de Coeur Award. Marvin starred in the film and also produced and co-wrote alongside “The Climb” director Mike Covino.
He is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
The series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. It is described as following the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible. Marvin will star as Miguel McKelvey, the co-founder of WeWork. Leto is set to play fellow co-founder Adam Neumann while Hathaway will play his wife, Rebekah Neumann.
Marvin’s feature debut, “The Climb,” debuted at the Cannes Film Festival as part of Un Certain Regard. It went on to receive the Coup de Coeur Award. Marvin starred in the film and also produced and co-wrote alongside “The Climb” director Mike Covino.
He is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
- 4/26/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Hollywood stars Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto will essay a married couple in upcoming series, WeCrashed.
The limited series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. The eight-episode drama will follow the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of the startup WeWork, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The limited series comes from creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra will direct the show.
Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann, with Hathaway is set to play his wife and co-founder Rebekah Newmann. Both stars will also be credited as executive producers on the show.
Eisenberg, who has an overall deal with Apple, will co-write, executive produce and serve as showrunner alongside Crevello.
The series marks a return to television for Leto. Hathaway recently appeared in episodic anthology, Modern Love. --ians/sug/vnc...
The limited series is based on the Wondery podcast of the same name. The eight-episode drama will follow the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of the startup WeWork, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
The limited series comes from creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello. John Requa and Glenn Ficarra will direct the show.
Leto will play WeWork founder Adam Neumann, with Hathaway is set to play his wife and co-founder Rebekah Newmann. Both stars will also be credited as executive producers on the show.
Eisenberg, who has an overall deal with Apple, will co-write, executive produce and serve as showrunner alongside Crevello.
The series marks a return to television for Leto. Hathaway recently appeared in episodic anthology, Modern Love. --ians/sug/vnc...
- 1/30/2021
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Apple TV+ has ordered another high-profile limited series. WeCrashed will star Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto and will follow "the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world's most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible." The scripted show is based on the WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork podcast (art above). A premiere date or episode order has not been announced.
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Apple TV+ orders "WeCrashed," new limited series starring Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG Award winners Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto
Apple Studios to produce new series directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, and created by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello
Apple TV+ has given a series order to "WeCrashed," a new limited series based on the hit...
Here's additional information about the upcoming WeCrashed series:
Apple TV+ orders "WeCrashed," new limited series starring Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG Award winners Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto
Apple Studios to produce new series directed by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, and created by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello
Apple TV+ has given a series order to "WeCrashed," a new limited series based on the hit...
- 1/30/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Apple TV+, the streaming service behind The Morning Show, is taking on the WeWork saga in an upcoming series starring Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto.
WeCrashed will be based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, chronicling the co-working space startup’s failed IPO in 2019, whereupon public disclosures revealed that the company had lost over $2 billion the year prior, resulting in the offering's postponement. In Oct. 2019, founder Adam Neumann (who will be played by Leto), received $1.7 billion for stepping down and severing ties with the company. Hathaway will play Neumann’s co-founder and wife, Rebekah Neumann.
WeCrashed is being adapted for the small screen by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series is being produced by Apple Studios, with John Requa and Glenn Ficarra off This Is Us directing and executive producing.
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WeCrashed will be based on the Wondery podcast of the same name, chronicling the co-working space startup’s failed IPO in 2019, whereupon public disclosures revealed that the company had lost over $2 billion the year prior, resulting in the offering's postponement. In Oct. 2019, founder Adam Neumann (who will be played by Leto), received $1.7 billion for stepping down and severing ties with the company. Hathaway will play Neumann’s co-founder and wife, Rebekah Neumann.
WeCrashed is being adapted for the small screen by Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series is being produced by Apple Studios, with John Requa and Glenn Ficarra off This Is Us directing and executive producing.
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- 1/29/2021
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Talk about a star-studded WeWorkplace: Apple TV+ has given a series order to WeCrashed, a limited series starring Oscar winners Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto.
Based on the podcast of the same name, the drama explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. Lee Eisenberg (Little America) and Drew Crevello (The Long Dark) will serve as showrunners, with John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (This Is Us) directing.
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Based on the podcast of the same name, the drama explores “the greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world’s most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible,” per the official synopsis. Lee Eisenberg (Little America) and Drew Crevello (The Long Dark) will serve as showrunners, with John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (This Is Us) directing.
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