Sometimes, entrepreneurs do have to take no for an answer. Theranos story is fascinating in the details of a steve jobsworshipping scammer ceo and a toxic work environment. Jennifer lawrence is set to star as holmes in a featurefilm version of bad blood, adapted by vanessa taylor the shape of water and directed by adam mckay. A walk along the irish border, a 1987 book by colm toibin hellblazer special. Theranos movie based on bad blood book to star jennifer lawrence theranos ceo elizabeth holmes charged with fraud by sec theranos founder and ceo elizabeth holmes is being charged with. Elizabeth holmes is the founder of blood testing company theranos, which skyrockets her to fame with an.
In bad blood, john carreyrou tells of the rise and incredible fall of theranos, the biotech company that was going to revolutionize blood testing. Afeature film for his account is in the works, too, which means we may get two theranos movies in 2019. Legendary entertainment has engaged vanessa taylor to. Theranos claim to have invented blood tests that need just a single drop of blood was false. Nearly every studio demonstrated themselves to be in a gigantic hurry to throw money at the project. Mar 18, 2019 bad blood is the real beall endall of theranos information, and some of the other material on this list draws heavily from it. Legendary entertainment has engaged vanessa taylor to write bad blood, which. Hbo is available through the hbo now streaming app, tv package, or an. Elizabeth anne holmes born february 3, 1984 is an american businesswoman who founded and was the ceo of theranos, a nowdefunct health technology company. May 21, 2018 wsjs john carreyrou says theranos is a cautionary tale for the healthtech industry. Wsjs john carreyrou says theranos is a cautionary tale for the healthtech industry. That film, bad blood, is based on the bestselling book of the same name by wall street journal reporter john carreyrou, whose dogged work brought to light the false promises at. Jun 15, 2018 elizabeth holmes, a former silicon valley darling whose rapid rise and fall as the founder of the life sciences company theranos that inspired the upcoming jennifer lawrence film bad blood. In fact, theranos was mythical for a different reason, because the technological promise it was.
Bad blood explores the culture inside disgraced startup. As theranos trial, documentary and movie near, elizabeth. The decline and fall of elizabeth holmes and theranos. Elizabeth holmes, founder of theranos, didnt change the world with a finger pricking device that could run hundreds of blood tests, as she. Even before john carreyrou was done writing bad blood, he knew there were others clamoring to take a bite of the theranos apple. May 21, 2018 in bad blood, john carreyrou tells of the rise and incredible fall of theranos, the biotech company that was going to revolutionize blood testing. Bad blood is a straightforward read about the rise and fall of theranos, done in chronological order in thirdperson up until carreyrou becomes personally involved, at which point things accelerate to the sec civil settlement. Hbos the inventor explores how theranos happened, but not. Entrepreneur elizabeth holmes creates a biotech company that skyrockets her to fame with. Vanessa taylor theranos pic bad blood adam mckay jennifer. A new hbo documentary about theranos founder elizabeth holmes goes inside the bloodtesting company built on a lie. The inventor, theranos, and multiplatform schadenfreude. The boomtobust story of elizabeth holmes theranos inc. What the theranos documentary misses the new republic.
With alex gibney, errol morris, elizabeth holmes, dan ariely. Holmes, a stanford dropout, created theranos, which was lauded as a revolutionary company that claimed to perform hundreds of blood tests from a. Mar 15, 2018 there was even talk of making a movie based on her, tentatively titled bad blood. The rise and collapse of theranos has been breathlessly chronicled, from the book that first revealed the breadth of the scam, john carreyrous bad blood. New hbo documentary seeks to explain how theranos founder. A bloodsplattered theranos machine nearly pricks an employee struggling to fix it. Theres a lot of blood in the inventor, which makes sense since its a documentary about blood, but yeah, things get pretty bloody. Jennifer lawrence to play elizabeth holmes in movie about. After a hardfought power struggle in montreal, declan emerges victorious. John carreyrou talks bad blood book and theranos ceo. Elizabeth holmes, a former silicon valley darling whose rapid rise and fall as the founder of the life sciences company theranos that inspired the. All about the elizabeth holmes movie starring jennifer lawrence.
But if she talked the talk, there were hints that theranos did not quite walk the walk. Wall street journal reporter john carreyrou tells the astounding story of the silicon. Michael loccisanogetty images no one deserves more credit for their theranos investigative coverage than. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup, focuses on understanding the culture at theranos and the tyrannic leadership that steered the startup to its onetime valuation. Elizabeth holmes and her company, theranos, promised to change the way people got blood tests. Mar 09, 2019 from the beginning of the inventor, hbos upcoming documentary about the failed blood testing startup theranos, director alex gibney ties the story of founder elizabeth holmes to another notable. The company soared in valuation after she and others claimed the company had revolutionized blood testing by developing testing methods that could use surprisingly small volumes of blood, such as from a. Bad blood the movie is expected to star jennifer lawrence as holmes. When will bad blood movie come out and whos in it refinery29.
From academy awardwinning director alex gibney comes a documentary about the rise and fall of theranos, the onetime multibilliondollar healthcare company founded by. This gruesome graphical rendering is what youll walk away with from hbos the inventor. Feb 21, 2019 that film, bad blood, is based on the bestselling book of the same name by wall street journal reporter john carreyrou, whose dogged work brought to light the false promises at theranos. It was initially touted as a breakthrough technology company, with claims of having devised blood tests that needed only very small amounts of blood and could be performed very rapidly using small automated devices the company had developed. There was even talk of making a movie based on her, tentatively titled bad blood. The rise and fall of theranos and elizabeth holmes. Legendary entertainment has set oscarnominated the shape of water cowriter vanessa taylor to write bad blood, the eagerly awaited silicon valley scandal movie that adam mckay will dire. Inside the hollywood frenzy around jennifer lawrences. Theranos movie based on bad blood book to star jennifer. May 16, 2018 the boomtobust story of elizabeth holmes theranos inc.
The academy awardwinning director explained how theranos ceo elizabeth holmes set out to change the world and ended up committing a massive medical fraud. It covers the rise and fall of the firm theranos, the multibilliondollar biotech startup headed by elizabeth holmes. Theranos movie based on bad blood book to star jennifer lawrence. All of the elizabeth holmes and theranos projects in the works.
Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup, a 2018 nonfiction book about theranos by john carreyrou bad blood. The story of theranos, a multibillion dollar tech company, its founder elizabeth holmes, the youngest selfmade female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company. Entrepreneur elizabeth holmes creates a biotech company that skyrockets her to fame with an estimated value in the billions. Nov 28, 2018 theranos claim to have invented blood tests that need just a single drop of blood was false.
But a powerful new presence from abroad soon poses a new threat. What happened to the theranos movie bad blood, supposedly starring jennifer lawrence and directed by adam mckay. Here, gibney imagines what itd look like if a theranos. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup is a nonfiction book by. In the wake of a bloody gangland war, declan assumes sole control of montreals drug trade. From academy awardwinning director alex gibney comes a documentary about the rise and fall of theranos, the onetime multibilliondollar healthcare company founded. From the beginning of the inventor, hbos upcoming documentary about the failed blood testing startup theranos, director alex gibney ties the story of founder elizabeth holmes to another notable. In fact, theranos was mythical for a different reason, because the. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup, explores holmes quick rise and. Mar 18, 2019 a new hbo documentary about theranos founder elizabeth holmes goes inside the blood testing company built on a lie.
Where is theranos founder elizabeth holmes today what. Mar 16, 2019 even before john carreyrou was done writing bad blood, he knew there were others clamoring to take a bite of the theranos apple. What happened to the theranos movie bad blood, supposedly. Elizabeth holmes the inventor vs bad blood vs dropout. Before any of the above options came out and a week before the book dropped in may 2018 a studio movie about elizabeth holmes and theranos was announced via deadline. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup is a nonfiction book by journalist john carreyrou, released may 21, 2018. Mckay is an intuitive choice for director of bad blood.
May 22, 2018 theranos movie based on bad blood book to star jennifer lawrence. In 2015, the wall street journal reporter broke the news of. When federal agencies begin investigating the company, her integrity is called into doubt. Bad blood is in development starring jennifer lawrence. The inventor, a documentary about theranos and the.
Michael loccisanogetty images no one deserves more credit for their theranos investigative coverage than wall street journal reporter john carreyrou. Theranos founder elizabeth holmes, subject of jennifer lawrence film, charged with wire fraud prosecutors say holmes and ramesh sunny balwani perpetrated multimilliondollar. The unraveling of theranos and elizabeth holmes its also just one of two documentaries about holmes and theranos arriving in the. In 2003, stanford university student elizabeth holmes founded the health care company theranos. A bestselling book, hit podcast and now a new documentary. The wall street journal reporter john carreyrou first broke. And while carreyrous virtuosic bad blood will surely serve as the definitive account of theranoss rise. Npr, san francisco chronicle, time, esquire, fortune, marie claire, gq, mental floss, science friday, bloomberg, popular mechanics, bookriot, the seattle times, the oregonian, publishers weekly, library journal. The story of elizabeth holmes and the theranos scandal, also tackled in hbos new documentary the inventor, will come to the big screen. Mar 22, 2019 the story of elizabeth holmes and the theranos scandal, also tackled in hbos new documentary the inventor, will come to the big screen.
In bad blood, the wall street journals john carreyrou takes us through the stepbystep history of theranos, a silicon valley startup that became almost mythical, in no small part due to its young, charismatic founder elizabeth holmes. The story of elizabeth holmes and the theranos scandal, also tackled. Theranos ceo elizabeth holmes promised to revolutionize blood testing technology, but behind all the hype was a massive fraud. The company soared in valuation after she and others claimed the company had revolutionized blood testing by developing testing methods that could use surprisingly small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick, and also claimed these. This months bad blood bakeoff is a peculiar case of life imitating art imitating life, providing a nifty parallel to the privateequity pile on that once made theranos into silicon valleys. Hbos the inventor explores how theranos happened, but. Out for blood in silicon valley, alex gibneys new documentary about elizabeth holmes and theranos, very little is. Hbos elizabeth holmestheranos documentary is deeply creepy. This months bad blood bakeoff is a peculiar case of life imitating art imitating life, providing a nifty parallel to the privateequity pile on that once made theranos into silicon valleys hotness du jour. Jan 24, 2019 a bloodsplattered theranos machine nearly pricks an employee struggling to fix it. Oct 08, 2016 elizabeth holmes and her company, theranos, promised to change the way people got blood tests. Legendary wins bidding war for jennifer lawrence movie bad blood.
Vanessa taylor set to write theranos movie bad blood. Bad blood is the real beall endall of theranos information, and some of the other material on this list draws heavily from it. The goal of the company was to revolutionize health care. The unraveling of theranos and elizabeth holmes its also just one of two documentaries about holmes and theranos arriving in the next few days. His past two movies, the big short and vice, have examined the damage the powerful and elite few can have on the many. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup wikipedia.
Out for blood in silicon valley, inspired by john carreyrous bad blood. Jun 24, 2016 this months bad blood bakeoff is a peculiar case of life imitating art imitating life, providing a nifty parallel to the privateequity pile on that once made theranos into silicon valleys. Elizabeth holmes is the founder of blood testing company theranos, which skyrockets her to fame with an estimated value in the billions. Discover how you can enjoy hbos original series, hit movies, documentaries and more.
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