Alex Gibney's Elon doc isn't even out but Musk is already calling it a 'hit job'

A caller documentary astir Elon Musk is group to deed theaters this October, and the world's richest man still isn't thrilled astir it.

"It's a deed piece," Musk wrote connected X connected Thursday. "Gibney is incapable of thing else."

"MUSK" is the activity of Emmy and Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney, who's made a sanction for himself by chronicling the lives of the rich | and powerful. His films see "Enron: The Smartest Guys successful the Room," which specifications the autumn of Enron, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," a look into the world of Julian Assange, and "The Inventor: Out for Blood successful Silicon Valley," a documentary astir Elizabeth Holmes.

Musk besides noted the film's length. "4 hours!!" Musk wrote, asking whether Gibney was trying to "bore group to death."

The movie — which will premiere adjacent period astatine the Venice Film Festival — runs astir 232 minutes, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It's scheduled to deed US theaters connected October 16.

"MUSK" was announced successful March 2023, prompting a consequence from the Tesla CEO.

"It's a deed piece," he wrote connected Twitter astatine the time.

Gibney changeable back. "How would you know," he wrote, quote-tweeting the billionaire.

This isn't the first documentary to connection a look astatine the billionaire. The 2022 BBC bid "The Elon Musk Show" besides featured interviews pinch erstwhile colleagues, immoderate of whom were captious astir Musk's activity style.

Walter Isaacson's 2023 curriculum vitae of Musk besides drew immoderate scrutiny, including from Musk's daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson, who criticized its portrayal of her and her narration pinch her father.

Representatives for Gibney did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from Business Insider.