Four high-profile films about Silicon Valley figures arrive in 2026, centering on Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Elizabeth Holmes and Sam Altman. Two of the projects have already premiered at film festivals, while the others are slated for U.S. theatrical release later in the year.
Silicon Valley films and four very different approaches
These projects span documentary and fiction, and examine corporate ambition, public accountability and the individuals whose identities have become closely tied to the companies they built. One is an investigative documentary of a billionaire entrepreneur, another revisits Facebook through whistleblower disclosures and reporting, a third observes a disgraced founder in the days before prison, and the fourth dramatizes a leadership crisis at an AI company.
Musk
Alex Gibney’s Musk is a nearly four-hour documentary that surveys Elon Musk’s rise through companies including Tesla and SpaceX, his acquisition of Twitter (now X), and his growing influence in politics and public life. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival before screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. Musk did not participate and has denounced the documentary on X; Gibney has defended the project as an examination of Musk’s public influence and conduct. Musk is scheduled for a U.S. theatrical release on October 16.
The Social Reckoning
Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning returns to Facebook more than 15 years after The Social Network, focusing on Frances Haugen’s disclosures and the Wall Street Journal reporting by Jeff Horwitz. Jeremy Strong plays Mark Zuckerberg; Mikey Madison portrays Frances Haugen; and Jeremy Allen White plays Jeff Horwitz. Sony has scheduled the film for release in U.S. theaters on October 9. The project shifts attention from Facebook’s founding to the consequences of the platform’s growth and the internal information and public scrutiny that followed.
You Can See Everything
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s You Can See Everything is a documentary that follows Elizabeth Holmes during the 34 days before she reports to prison after her conviction for defrauding investors in Theranos. Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, invited the filmmakers into their lives, giving the project an unusual point of access. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and is expected in theaters in October.
Artificial
Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial is a fictional drama that dramatizes Sam Altman’s removal and reinstatement as OpenAI CEO in November 2023. Andrew Garfield plays Altman, Yura Borisov portrays OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever, and Monica Barbaro plays interim CEO Mira Murati. The film turns a recent corporate leadership crisis into a character-driven account of a dispute that exposed tensions over leadership, mission and governance at a rapidly growing AI company. Artificial is scheduled to open in select U.S. theaters on December 25, distributed by Neon.
These four films differ in genre and tone, but each addresses the gap between a company’s public promise and the power exercised by its leaders. Documentaries in the slate draw on access, records and archival material to probe public images, while fiction permits interpretation and dramatic compression. Together, they reflect Hollywood’s interest in stories about how technological influence becomes concentration of institutional power, and how personal leadership disputes can become matters of public consequence.
