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Swiped, Lily James’s Whitney Wolfe Herd Biopic, Streams on Hulu and Disney+

NDA limits kept Wolfe Herd from participating, steering the film to a sanitized, crowd-pleasing dramatization.

Overview

  • The film debuted for streaming on September 19 following its TIFF premiere, landing on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ in international markets.
  • Swiped dramatizes Wolfe Herd’s exit from Tinder, her 2014 sexual harassment lawsuit, and the reported seven‑figure settlement before she launched Bumble.
  • Producers relied on public records and added fictionalized elements, and an end-card disclaimer notes the story has been altered for dramatization.
  • Lily James, who also produced, said she took the role to explore how women are silenced and described the removal of someone’s voice as a “vicious act.”
  • Early reviews are mixed, with consistent praise for James’s performance and criticism that the broad-strokes treatment feels conventional or legally constrained.