Claire Foy-starrer ‘Doomsday Machine’ lands at HBO 

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: British star Claire Foy’s upcoming scripted collection “Doomsday Machine” has been acquired by HBO.

The premium cable community purchased the present after a multiple-outlet bidding conflict.

The drama is a co-production between HBO and Anonymous Content and CAA-backed Wiip, as per The Hollywood Reporter.

Foy will star as high Facebook govt Sheryl Sandberg within the collection, which is predicated on Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang’s New York Times bestselling e book “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Domination”.

It will deal with the connection between the social media big’s founder Mark Zuckerberg and Sandberg, who function the corporate’s chief working officer (COO), in addition to the obstacles Facebook has confronted on its relentless quest for development.

The present has roped in a number of journalists to function consultants to make sure the plot’s accuracy.

The purpose behind the collection is to place the viewers within the footwear of Sandberg and Zuckerberg as they form the way in which billions of individuals talk and devour info.

“Doomsday Machine” will monitor the previous 5 years on the social media big, starting with disinformation surrounding the 2016 election and main as much as current revelations in The Wall Street Journal and the Times about some customers being allowed to skirt the platform’s guidelines.

Foy and Akhtar will serve govt producers for “Doomsday Machine” alongside Paul Lee and Josh Stern for wiip, David Levine and Doug Wald for Anonymous Content, Adam Berkowitz, Elyse Cheney and Adam Eaglin.