New hbo documentary seeks to explain how theranos founder. In bad blood, john carreyrou tells of the rise and incredible fall of theranos, the biotech company that was going to revolutionize blood testing. Elizabeth holmes, founder of theranos, didnt change the world with a finger pricking device that could run hundreds of blood tests, as she. The palo alto company promised to revolutionize health care by requiring only a pinprick of blood to run hundreds of tests. Hbos the inventor explores how theranos happened, but not. The story of elizabeth holmes and the theranos scandal, also tackled. From academy awardwinning director alex gibney comes a documentary about the rise and fall of theranos, the onetime multibilliondollar healthcare company founded.
Jun 23, 2018 elizabeth holmes, founder of the supposedly revolutionary blood testing company theranos, has been indicted for wire fraud and conspiracy. What the theranos documentary misses the new republic. Nov 28, 2018 theranos claim to have invented blood tests that need just a single drop of blood was false. Theranos movie based on bad blood book to star jennifer lawrence. Theranos refused to publish anything yet applied to the fda for approval of its blood tests, even though that was unprecedented in. Back in 2016, jennifer lawrence signed on to star in adam mckays movie about elizabeth holmes based on bad blood, which means we may. Elizabeth holmes, a former silicon valley darling whose rapid rise and fall as the founder of the life sciences company theranos that inspired the.
Bad blood is the real beall endall of theranos information, and some of the other material on this list draws heavily from it. Bad blood is in development starring jennifer lawrence. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup wikipedia. 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. More bad blood for theranos founder 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. The book received critical acclaim, winning the 2018 financial times and mckinsey business book of. This gruesome graphical rendering is what youll walk away with from hbos the inventor. 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. A bloodsplattered theranos machine nearly pricks an employee struggling to fix it. Elizabeth holmes, the disgraced founder and ceo of theranos, is getting a lot of attention these days. 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. From academy awardwinning director alex gibney comes a documentary about the rise and fall of theranos, the onetime multibilliondollar healthcare company founded by. All about the elizabeth holmes movie starring jennifer lawrence.
It covers the rise and fall of the firm theranos, the multibilliondollar biotech startup headed by elizabeth holmes. Vanessa taylor set to write theranos movie bad blood. His past two movies, the big short and vice, have examined the damage the powerful and elite few can have on the many. The academy awardwinning director explained how theranos ceo elizabeth holmes set out to change the world and ended up committing a massive medical fraud. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup is a nonfiction book by. Bad blood explores the culture inside disgraced startup. As the story continued to unfold, jarvis noted that there was a renewed interest in theranos as it collapsed. John carreyrou talks bad blood book and theranos ceo. When federal agencies begin investigating the company, her integrity is called into doubt. And while carreyrous virtuosic bad blood will surely serve as the definitive account of theranoss rise. Bad blood is the real beall endall of theranos information bad blood is wild, and more happens on one page than in many other entire books. Sometimes, entrepreneurs do have to take no for an answer. Elizabeth holmes and her company, theranos, promised to change the way people got blood tests. Michael loccisanogetty images no one deserves more credit for their theranos investigative coverage than.
Mckay is an intuitive choice for director of bad blood. Elizabeth holmes, founder of the supposedly revolutionary bloodtesting company theranos, has been indicted for wire fraud and conspiracy. From academy awardwinning director alex gibney comes a documentary about the rise and fall of theranos, the onetime multibilliondollar. 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. May 22, 2018 theranos movie based on bad blood book to star jennifer lawrence. The inventor, a documentary about theranos and the. Wall street journal reporter john carreyrou tells the astounding story of the silicon valley startup that dazzled investors, but whose. Carreyrou tells the story in his new book bad blood. Hbos elizabeth holmestheranos documentary is deeply creepy. There was even talk of making a movie based on her, tentatively titled bad blood. 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.
Michael loccisanogetty images no one deserves more credit for their theranos investigative coverage than wall street journal reporter john carreyrou. May 21, 2018 wsjs john carreyrou says theranos is a cautionary tale for the healthtech industry. Elizabeth holmes is the founder of blood testing company theranos, which skyrockets her to fame with an. When will bad blood movie come out and whos in it refinery29. The book received critical acclaim, winning the 2018 financial times and mckinsey business book of the year award.
Jennifer lawrence is set to star as holmes in a featurefilm version of bad blood, adapted by vanessa taylor the shape of water and. The decline and fall of elizabeth holmes and theranos. Jan 24, 2019 a bloodsplattered theranos machine nearly pricks an employee struggling to fix it. 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. Entrepreneur elizabeth holmes creates a biotech company that skyrockets her to fame with an estimated value in the billions. Entrepreneur elizabeth holmes creates a biotech company that skyrockets her to fame with. Discover how you can enjoy hbos original series, hit movies, documentaries and more. Here, gibney imagines what itd look like if a theranos. Elizabeth holmes is the founder of blood testing company theranos, which skyrockets her to fame with an estimated value in the billions. The boomtobust story of elizabeth holmes theranos inc.
The film focuses obsessively on holmes personal qualities. 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. 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. The rise and fall of theranos and elizabeth holmes.
Instead of examining elizabeth holmess personality, look at the people and. May 16, 2018 the boomtobust story of elizabeth holmes theranos inc. Hbos the inventor explores how theranos happened, but. Mar 29, 2019 elizabeth holmes, the disgraced founder and ceo of theranos, is getting a lot of attention these days. Even before john carreyrou was done writing bad blood, he knew there were others clamoring to take a bite of the theranos apple. Reporter john carreyrou on the bad blood of theranos. A bestselling book, hit podcast and now a new documentary. With alex gibney, errol morris, elizabeth holmes, dan ariely. 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. But if she talked the talk, there were hints that theranos did not quite walk the walk. Elizabeth holmes the inventor vs bad blood vs dropout. Carreyrous reporting in bad blood is exhaustive, including interviews with more than 150 peoplemore than 60 of those being extheranos employees with. 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. A new hbo documentary about theranos founder elizabeth holmes goes inside the bloodtesting company built on a lie.
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. Bad blood the movie is expected to star jennifer lawrence as holmes. In fact, theranos was mythical for a different reason, because the. Jun 29, 2018 john carreyrou discusses his book, bad blood, about elizabeth holmes and theranos at politics and prose on 62018. Theres a lot of blood in the inventor, which makes sense since its a documentary about blood, but yeah, things get pretty bloody. Wsjs john carreyrou says theranos is a cautionary tale for the healthtech industry. 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. No matter how bad you think the theranos story was, youll learn that the reality was actually far worse. 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. The story of elizabeth holmes and the theranos scandal, also tackled in hbos new documentary the inventor, will come to the big screen. The unraveling of theranos and elizabeth holmes its also just one of two documentaries about holmes and theranos arriving in the. Hbo is available through the hbo now streaming app, tv package, or an.
Theranos claim to have invented blood tests that need just a single drop of blood was false. A feature film for his account is in the works, too, which means we may get two theranos movies in 2019. Inside bad blood, the new theranos book from john carreyrou. Theranos, founded in 2003 by nineteenyearold wunderkind elizabeth holmes.
Holmes dropped out of stanford university at 19 to form theranos in 2003. 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. Mar 15, 2018 there was even talk of making a movie based on her, tentatively titled bad blood. The wall street journal reporter john carreyrou first broke.
Vanessa taylor theranos pic bad blood adam mckay jennifer. Elizabeth anne holmes born february 3, 1984 is an american businesswoman who founded and was the ceo of theranos, a nowdefunct health technology company. Legendary entertainment has engaged vanessa taylor to. Kate mckinnon is playing elizabeth holmes in a hulu drama vulture. Secrets and lies in a silicon valley startup is a nonfiction book by journalist john carreyrou, released may 21, 2018. Out for blood in silicon valley 2019 official trailer. 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. The unraveling of theranos and elizabeth holmes its also just one of two documentaries about holmes and theranos arriving in the next few days. In 2015, the wall street journal reporter broke the news of. John carreyrou discusses his book, bad blood, about elizabeth holmes and theranos at politics and prose on 62018. 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. 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.