Elon Musk biopic to be directed by Black Swan film-maker Darren Aronofsky

The Oscar-nominated director will adapt the recent biography by Walter Isaacson after independent studio A24 won a heated' bidding war for rights

A biopic of billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk is now in the works after independent studio A24 won the adaptation rights to Walter Isaacson's recent biography, with Black Swan's Darren Aronofsky on board to direct.

Variety magazine reports that A24 triumphed in a heated competition" bidding war to acquire Isaacson's authorised biography Elon Musk, which was published in September. It was heavily criticised in some quarters, with the Guardian describing it as a dull, insight-free doorstop of a book", and it generated a number of controversies itself, with Isaacson forced to correct a suggestion that Musk had ordered his Starlink satellite communications network to be turned off to stop a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian warships.