HBO has picked up “Doomsday Machine,” the upcoming series starring Claire Foy as Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. The series is adapted from Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s New York Times bestselling book “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination.”
“Doomsday Machine” chronicles the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth. The series examines how Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg’s work are shaping the way that billions of people around the world communicate and consume information.
The series is created by Ayad Akhtar and hails from Anonymous Content and Wiip. Executive producers include Foy, Akhtar, Wiip’s Paul Lee and Josh Stern, Anonymous’ David Levine and Doug Wald, Adam Berkowitz, Elyse Cheney and Adam Eaglin. Andrew Marantz of the New Yorker is also a consultant on the project.
Foy’s casting was first announced in October 2021. She is best...
“Doomsday Machine” chronicles the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth. The series examines how Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg’s work are shaping the way that billions of people around the world communicate and consume information.
The series is created by Ayad Akhtar and hails from Anonymous Content and Wiip. Executive producers include Foy, Akhtar, Wiip’s Paul Lee and Josh Stern, Anonymous’ David Levine and Doug Wald, Adam Berkowitz, Elyse Cheney and Adam Eaglin. Andrew Marantz of the New Yorker is also a consultant on the project.
Foy’s casting was first announced in October 2021. She is best...
- 2/8/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has closed a deal for Doomsday Machine, a limited series about Facebook starring Emmy winner Claire Foy as embattled tech giant COO Sheryl Sandberg and executive producing as well. Anonymous Content and wiip (Mare of Easttown, Dickinson), which took the project to the marketplace in October, will co-produce with HBO.
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, Doomsday Machine is based on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s bestselling book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination as well as their New York Times reporting and the reporting of the New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz. Doomsday Machine chronicles the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth. The series places us in the shoes of Sandberg (Foy) and Mark Zuckerberg, who are shaping the way that billions of people around the world communicate and consume information.
The series is...
Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, Doomsday Machine is based on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s bestselling book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination as well as their New York Times reporting and the reporting of the New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz. Doomsday Machine chronicles the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth. The series places us in the shoes of Sandberg (Foy) and Mark Zuckerberg, who are shaping the way that billions of people around the world communicate and consume information.
The series is...
- 2/8/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
A buzzy TV series based on the book “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination” is currently in the works — but the social media giant is now warning the production company behind the project for “recklessly” proceeding with development of a “false and defamatory” adaptation.
In a legal letter sent on Monday, high-powered attorney Mathew Rosengart, who is repping Facebook, puts Anonymous Content on notice with an email addressed to CEO Dawn Olmstead.
“Facebook obviously recognizes that it is a public figure and has great respect for the First Amendment and the right of journalists and film or television producers to publish stories about it,” the letter, obtained by Variety, reads, in part. “The First Amendment does not protect knowingly false statements or portrayals — or those made with reckless disregard for the truth — even about public figures.”
The letter says that Facebook might consider working with Anonymous Content...
In a legal letter sent on Monday, high-powered attorney Mathew Rosengart, who is repping Facebook, puts Anonymous Content on notice with an email addressed to CEO Dawn Olmstead.
“Facebook obviously recognizes that it is a public figure and has great respect for the First Amendment and the right of journalists and film or television producers to publish stories about it,” the letter, obtained by Variety, reads, in part. “The First Amendment does not protect knowingly false statements or portrayals — or those made with reckless disregard for the truth — even about public figures.”
The letter says that Facebook might consider working with Anonymous Content...
- 10/25/2021
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Facebook may be pelted of late by revelations from whistleblowers and damning internal documents made public, but the Mark Zuckerberg co-founded social media giant has decided to draw the line when it comes to the upcoming Doomsday Machine TV series.
“AC can seek to create the Series without reliance on the absurd characterizations and
false narratives of the Book,” said a letter sent this morning to Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead from GreenbergTraurig partner Mathew Rosengart on behalf of Facebook in regards to the Claire Foy starring project based on the bestseller An Ugly Truth.
“Although our client is a public figure, the truth still matters,” the attorney, who also has Britney Spears famously among his clients, added. The project was announced earlier this month with The Crown vet cast as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg – no word yet on who is playing Zuckerberg. Also, no word yet on what the...
“AC can seek to create the Series without reliance on the absurd characterizations and
false narratives of the Book,” said a letter sent this morning to Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead from GreenbergTraurig partner Mathew Rosengart on behalf of Facebook in regards to the Claire Foy starring project based on the bestseller An Ugly Truth.
“Although our client is a public figure, the truth still matters,” the attorney, who also has Britney Spears famously among his clients, added. The project was announced earlier this month with The Crown vet cast as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg – no word yet on who is playing Zuckerberg. Also, no word yet on what the...
- 10/25/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Crown” alum Claire Foy will play Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg in a scripted series adaptation based on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s New York Times bestselling book “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination.”
The drama, entitled “Doomsday Machine,” hails from Anonymous Content and wiip (“Mare of Easttown”), who recently closed a deal with Foy. The show will lift the veil on the relationship between Mark Zuckerberg and Sandberg and the obstacles Facebook has faced on its relentless quest for growth. Several journalists will serve as consultants to ensure the plot’s accuracy.
The series spans from 2016, beginning with the 2016 election and rise of disinformation, followed by recent revelations like Xcheck, a program that shielded important users, including former President Trump, from Facebook’s rules and regulations. The show will also cover how the company was aware of the mental health risks posed by Instagram to younger users,...
The drama, entitled “Doomsday Machine,” hails from Anonymous Content and wiip (“Mare of Easttown”), who recently closed a deal with Foy. The show will lift the veil on the relationship between Mark Zuckerberg and Sandberg and the obstacles Facebook has faced on its relentless quest for growth. Several journalists will serve as consultants to ensure the plot’s accuracy.
The series spans from 2016, beginning with the 2016 election and rise of disinformation, followed by recent revelations like Xcheck, a program that shielded important users, including former President Trump, from Facebook’s rules and regulations. The show will also cover how the company was aware of the mental health risks posed by Instagram to younger users,...
- 10/7/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Embattled tech giant Facebook is the focus of a scripted drama series titled Doomsday Machine. Claire Foy, coming off her second Emmy win for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, is set to star as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in the project, from Anonymous Content and wiip.
Created by Homeland Elegies author Ayad Akhtar, Doomsday Machine is based on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s bestselling book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination as well as their New York Times reporting and the reporting of the New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz. The book was published by Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins, in July 2021.
Doomsday Machine chronicles the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth. It focuses on Sandberg (Foy) and Mark Zuckerberg, who have been shaping the way that billions of people...
Created by Homeland Elegies author Ayad Akhtar, Doomsday Machine is based on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s bestselling book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination as well as their New York Times reporting and the reporting of the New Yorker’s Andrew Marantz. The book was published by Harper, an imprint of Harper Collins, in July 2021.
Doomsday Machine chronicles the political and social minefields Facebook has navigated on its relentless quest for growth. It focuses on Sandberg (Foy) and Mark Zuckerberg, who have been shaping the way that billions of people...
- 10/7/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The Crown Emmy winner Claire Foy will take on another real-life character for her next TV project: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
Foy is set to play Sandberg in a drama from Anonymous Content and Wiip titled Doomsday Machine. The project, which doesn’t have an outlet attached yet, is based on New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination (published by Harper in July), as well as their reporting for the Times and that of The New Yorker‘s Andrew Marantz.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced, Homeland Elegies) is writing and will executive produce with ...
Foy is set to play Sandberg in a drama from Anonymous Content and Wiip titled Doomsday Machine. The project, which doesn’t have an outlet attached yet, is based on New York Times reporters Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination (published by Harper in July), as well as their reporting for the Times and that of The New Yorker‘s Andrew Marantz.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced, Homeland Elegies) is writing and will executive produce with ...
- 10/7/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
On the heels of her new album Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple will perform at this year’s New Yorker Festival, held virtually from October 5th through the 11th.
On October 10th, Apple will perform and take part in conversation with the magazine’s staff writer Emily Nussbaum, who won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2016. Nussbaum recently wrote a feature on Apple last March, in which she went to the singer’s Venice Beach home and discussed Fetch the Bolt Cutters.
The festival also includes Margaret Atwood in conversation with writer Jia Tolentino,...
On October 10th, Apple will perform and take part in conversation with the magazine’s staff writer Emily Nussbaum, who won a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2016. Nussbaum recently wrote a feature on Apple last March, in which she went to the singer’s Venice Beach home and discussed Fetch the Bolt Cutters.
The festival also includes Margaret Atwood in conversation with writer Jia Tolentino,...
- 9/8/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
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