Universal and Blumhouse Productions have fast-tracked a film written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Charles Randolph, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
It is based on an upcoming book by journalist Katrina Brooker, who conducted in-depth reporting on the company and its recently ousted Israeli-American founder.
The film will examine Neumann’s relationship with Masayoshi Son, the CEO of the Japanese holding company Softbank, which recently took over the struggling company.
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SoftBank, which had invested billions in WeWork in 2017, closed a deal in October that gave it 80% ownership of the company. But the deal, which Son called "a mistake" last month, ended up costing SoftBank billions.
