British star Claire Foy‘s upcoming scripted collection Doomsday Machine has been acquired by HBO. The premium cable community purchased the present after a multiple-outlet bidding conflict. The drama is a co-production between HBO and Anonymous Content and CAA-backed Wiip, as per The Hollywood Reporter.
Foy will star as high Facebook govt Sheryl Sandberg within the collection, which relies on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s New York Times bestselling e-book An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination.
It will give attention to the connection between the social media large’s founder Mark Zuckerberg and Sandberg, who function the corporate’s chief working officer (COO), in addition to the obstacles Facebook has confronted on its relentless quest for development.
The present has roped in a number of journalists to function consultants to make sure the plot’s accuracy.
The purpose behind the collection is to place the viewers within the footwear of Sandberg and Zuckerberg as they form the way in which billions of individuals talk and eat data.
Doomsday Machine will observe the previous 5 years on the social media large, starting with disinformation surrounding the 2016 election and main as much as latest revelations in The Wall Street Journal and the Times about some customers being allowed to skirt the platform’s guidelines.
Foy and Akhtar will serve govt producers for Doomsday Machine alongside Paul Lee and Josh Stern for wiip, David Levine and Doug Wald for Anonymous Content, Adam Berkowitz, Elyse Cheney and Adam Eaglin.
