Overview
- Ashlee Vance announced on X that the long-developing HBO project adapting his Musk book has died.
- He said the adaptation rights have reverted to him and invited offers from other networks or streamers.
- HBO did not immediately respond to requests for comment from TheWrap and Deadline.
- The series was announced in 2020 with Doug Jung writing and Channing Tatum’s Free Association attached, and Elon Musk was not officially involved.
- Vance cited industry churn and reluctance to dramatize Musk as factors, while Entertainment Weekly reported HBO passed on the project years earlier.