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In a press conference for the film, Ashley St. Clair, Elon Musk’s ex-partner and a 28-year-old influencer, joined Gibney. Ashley revealed that she had declined Elon’s $40 million non-disclosure agreement offer, which Elon had made after she had given birth to his thirteenth child.<\/p>\n
These production companies\u2014Jigsaw Productions, Closer Media, Anonymous Content, and Double Agent\u2014are creating the film, which will premiere at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival today. It is set to debut in U.S. theaters on October 16th and then will be available exclusively on HBO Max for streaming.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u24d2Courtesy of Bleecker Street Just prior to its debut today in Venice, a preview clip had been released for a new Elon Musk-focused documentary feature, “Musk” from Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, best known for “Going Clear,” “Taxi to the Dark Side,” and “Enron: The Smartest Guys in Room.\u201d “Musk” is a nearly four-hour film (232…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20471,30],"tags":[16872,7107,8914,16875,31598,31597,31596,6472,18288,18290],"class_list":["post-35214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pick-up","category-trailers","tag-alex-gibney","tag-anonymous-content","tag-bleecker-street","tag-closer-media","tag-double-agent","tag-enron-the-smartest-guys-in-room","tag-going-clear","tag-jigsaw-productions","tag-musk","tag-taxi-to-the-dark-side","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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