Alex Gibney says David Ellison promised HBO will air his controversial Elon Musk documentary

Alex Gibney's latest project, the Elon Musk documentary "Musk," is already in theaters. But whenever news bankrupt final week that David Ellison's Paramount had officially bought Warner Bros. Discovery, the director admits he was "concerned" concerning the doc's forthcoming publish on HBO.

"Musk," the unflinching and frequently unflattering nearly four-hour appearance at the richest man in the world, was produced by HBO, which is under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella. With Ellison, who formerly reportedly considered bringing Musk on as an equity capitalist in Paramount, now owning WBD, would he close downward plans to display "Musk" on HBO following its theatrical run?

"I was concerned until recently," Gibney told Business Insider complete a video conversation on Wednesday. "I've been told that they volition air it and that equal David Ellison extremely fine knows concerning it and promises he volition air it."

Gibney added that, as of now, "very particular plans" are in the plant for HBO to air "Musk" sometime in January.

HBO declined to comment; Skydance did not react to a petition for comment.

Gibney's former alongside HBO goes rear decades and has caused several of the Oscar winner's most famous works, including 2015's "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" and his 2019 Elizabeth Holmes documentary, "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley."

Airing "Musk" on HBO following its theatrical publish would prosecute the playbook of "Going Clear": After a headline-grabbing theatrical release, the Scientology documentary had a prosperous HBO premiere, alongside its beginning night on the network delivering the best achievement for a doc in two years.

"Musk" delves into the titular billionaire's existence and career, focusing on his successes alongside Tesla and SpaceX, his arguable acquisition of Twitter, which he renamed X; his relationships alongside the mothers of his children, and his period in the Trump administration as the caput of DOGE.

Musk himself has readily voiced his displeasure alongside the documentary, although it's unclear if he's seen it. "Gibney fair assembled a hit catalog of group who either have an axe to grind or don't equal cognize me (but motionless have an axe to grind)," Musk wrote on X. He has ZERO integrity. Horrible human."

"Musk" is in theaters nationwide through Bleecker Street.