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- Sources told The Hollywood Reporter they expect Universal Pictures to return rights and ultimately not release the Musk documentary.
- The film screened at the Venice and Toronto festivals and remains slated for US theatrical release via Bleecker Street and London Film Festival screening.
- Universal Pictures holds international rights but may drop them, enabling another studio to acquire the project; it bought rights three years earlier.
Universal Pictures might be rethinking the Musk documentary, according to The Hollywood Reporter, as the documentary doesn’t have a planned release date anymore.
Universal Pictures, which has the international rights to Musk for regions besides the U.S., Universal hasn’t dated the movie, hasn’t communicated with the filmmaking team about the plans, and appears to be reconsidering the release of the project.
The Hollywood Reporter says that two people with knowledge “of the dynamic” revealed that, “while a final decision has not been made and several outcomes were possible, they believed that Universal would ultimately decide against releasing the film and return the rights to the movie to the filmmakers.”
The film has been seen at the Venice and Toronto film festivals. It is still set to release in theatres via the independent Bleecker Street film studio and play at the London Film Festival in October. Though Universal might drop the rights, it’s possibile for another studio to pick it up.
Universal bought the rights to Musk three years ago, ahead of Musk’s alignment of Donald Trump and FCC head Brendan Carr.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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