Elon Musk; Darren Aronofsky.Photo:Taylor Hill/Getty; Taylor Hill/WireImage
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The story ofElon Muskwill soon be making its way to the screen.
PEOPLE confirms that a film based onWalter Isaacson’s recent authorizedElon Muskbiography is in the works at A24 after a highly competitive deal.
The Whale’sDarren Aronofskyis set to direct and produce the film with his production company Protozoa Pictures.
While details of the movie are being kept hush-hush, the 52-year-old SpaceX and Tesla CEO shared hisenthusiasm about the project— and specifically, for Aronofsky, 54 — on his social-media platform, X (formerly known as Twitter).
“Glad Darren is doing it. He is one of the best,” Musk wrote. Aronofsky previous films includeBlack Swan,The WrestlerandRequiem for a Dream.
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Elon Musk’s post on X.Elon Musk/ X
Elon Musk/ X
Released in September,Elon Muskreveals new details about the billionaire entrepreneur’s childhood, his relationships with former wives and girlfriends, and his children.
According to publisherSimon & Schuster, Isaacson, who previously wrote a biography of late Apple co-founderSteve Jobs, spent two years shadowing and interviewing Musk himself as well as speaking with his family, friends and colleagues.
“He has a lot of fans and a lot of enemies, and my book tries to tell a straightforward narrative,” Isaacson said of Musk in a September conversation with New Orleans’Times-Picayune.
Added the former CNN CEO andTimeeditor of his book, “I thought it was going to be more about rocket ships and electric cars. It became a more exciting ride.”
Simon & Schuster
Aside from his various business and technological ventures, Musk is also a dad to 11 kids, including three whom he shares with exGrimes: sonsX Æ A-12, 3, andTechno Mechanicus, plus daughterExa Dark Sideræl, who turns 2 next month.
Musk also shares 19-year-old twins Vivian Jenna Wilson and Griffin Musk, along with triplets Kai, Damian and Sax, who were born in 2006, with first wifeJustine Wilson. The two had another son, Nevada, who died at 10 weeks old.
Musk also shares twinsStrider and Azure, who were born just weeks before Exa, with Neuralink exec Shivon Zilis.
“[Elon] reallywants smart people to have kids, so he encouraged me to do this,” Zilis, 37, says in Isaacson’s book, adding, “I can’t possibly think of genes I would prefer for my children.”
source: people.com
