Overview

• Lily James leads the unauthorized biopic, which premiered in TIFF’s Gala section and is slated to stream Sept. 19 on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally, including JioHotstar in India.
• The film traces Whitney Wolfe Herd’s path from Tinder’s early team to her 2014 exit and lawsuit—settled without admission of wrongdoing—before founding Bumble with a women-first messaging feature.
• Early reviews commend James’s performance but describe the movie as cautious, legally sanitized, and arriving too soon to deeply probe its subject.
• Due to a non-disclosure agreement tied to the 2014 settlement, Wolfe Herd did not participate, prompting filmmakers to rely on news reports and court documents.
• James says she had no contact with Wolfe Herd and prepared by studying public materials, including mimicking a MasterClass to capture mannerisms and voice.