A brand new HBO movie may have been co-produced by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The 80-something socialist has been touring the nation to unfold his anti-oligarch agenda alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“Mountainhead,” created by “Succession’s” Jesse Armstrong, follows 4 tech billionaires as they unwind at a complicated ski resort. Their trip is interrupted by chilling headlines suggesting a world disaster is underway.
What occurred? The trailer suggests they’re partially responsible.
One of many billionaire teases the opposite, “Your platform is racist and s****y,” a slam generally used towards Elon Musk. The Tesla billionaire eliminated Twitter’s censorious levers when he purchased the platform.
The brand new, free speech-wary Left cried foul, whereas ignoring comparable hate thriving on different tech platforms.
The teaser additionally reveals the billionaires getting a name from the U.S. President. A couple of edits later, and we study the Commander in Chief warned the quartet that their platforms, “infected a unstable state of affairs, circulating unfalsifiable deep fakes, huge fraud, market instability.”
The uber-rich souls within the satire are performed by Steve Carell, Jason Schwartzman, Cory Michael Smith and Ramy Youssef.
The undertaking seems to be a comfortable match for “The Workplace” alum.
Carell beforehand mocked President Trump’s house aspirations with the Netflix “Area Power” flop. He additionally reduce a big test to assist bail out violent protesters within the early days of the BLM riots.
MAX will debut the movie Could 31. World of Reel notes the movie’s manufacturing occurred mere weeks in the past, a far cry from the longer schedule most movies and TV reveals demand. That means Warner Bros. Discovery – or a number of Emmy winner Armstrong – needed this story out ASAP.
Why?
One report says the swift launch date is for Emmy-voting functions. May there be one other rationalization? Does Armstrong wish to bash billionaires ASAP given the media and the Left’s present fury over Musk?
It wouldn’t be the primary time a creator dictated a undertaking’s launch. Billy Ray insisted Showtime launch his 2020 melodrama “The Comey Rule” earlier than that yr’s presidential marketing campaign. The pay channel initially stated no, however Ray put his foot down and adjusted Showtime’s collective thoughts.
That movie pretended the Russia collusion narrative was true. What tales shall be advised throughout “Mountainhead?”