WeCrashed: this addictive podcast is getting a TV adaptation with Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto

WeCrashed: this addictive podcast is getting a TV adaptation with Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto

StyleList·2021-01-31 08:00

Here’s everything we know about the TV adaptation of Wondery’s hit WeCrashed podcast, which will star Anne Hathaway and Jerod Leto.

Adapting hit podcast series for the screen is an exciting new trend in the entertainment world. 

Take Amazon Prime Video’s Homecoming series, starring Julia Roberts and Janelle Monáe, which is based on Gimlet Media’s psychological thriller podcast.

Then there’s HBO’s 2 Dope Queens, a series of TV specials featuring comedy podcast hosts Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, who explore issues of sex, gender, and race.

Netflix’s Dirty John, a true-crime anthology series that explores the theme of love gone wrong, is another example, as it is actually based on a Wondery podcast series.

And a new screen adaptation of another hit Wondery podcast has just been announced…

WeCrashed is a 2020 podcast series about the rise and fall of international co-working space company WeWork.

Wondery’s description reads: “The founders of WeWork thought they were on the brink of making history. The company was valued at 47 billion dollars, it was ready for a huge IPO, and its charismatic CEO Adam Neumann thought it was going to change the world. 

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