Alex Gibney Finalizes 3-Hour-45-Minute Musk Documentary for Sept. 8 Venice Premiere
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Sep 3
Alex Gibney Finalizes 3-Hour-45-Minute Musk Documentary for Sept. 8 Venice Premiere
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Sep 3
Summary
Sept. 8 marks the Venice debut of Alex Gibney’s “Musk,” which he was still finishing in late August before a Toronto screening, an October Bleecker Street theatrical release and a 2027 HBO debut.
Gibney expanded the project after initially wrapping a 2-hour cut in late 2024, adding nearly 2 more years of reporting on Musk’s 2025 DOGE role and SpaceX’s summer IPO before trimming it to 3 hours 45 minutes.
The film argues Musk has amassed dangerous political and technological power, spotlighting claims around Starlink’s geopolitical leverage and DOGE staffers’ access to federal data that could be used for future election advantage.
Musk did not participate and previously called the project a “hit piece”; Gibney instead built the film from outside reporting, interviews and a digital avatar assembled from scraped Musk audio.
Its release could test whether a long-form documentary can still shape public debate, while HBO’s planned 2027 rollout leaves open questions about how future Warner Bros. Discovery ownership handles such an attack on Musk.