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| Based on | WeCrashed by Wondery |
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| Music by | Christopher Nicholas Bangs |
| Opening theme | "Happy Man" by Jungle |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Running time | 48–61 minutes |
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| Network | Apple TV+ |
| Release | March 18 – April 22, 2022 |
WeCrashed is an American biographical comedy-drama television miniseries created by Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg that premiered on Apple TV+ on March 18, 2022. Based on the podcast WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork by Wondery, it stars Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway as Adam and Rebekah Neumann, the married couple at the heart of WeWork, a coworking space company which claimed a valuation of $47 billion (in an internally produced prospectus) in 2019, before crashing as a result of financial revelations.
WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork, a six-part podcast, is the basis for the series.[4] WeCrashed: The Director’s Cut podcast is a remake of the podcast, with David Brown by Wondery.[5]
After Lee Eisenberg signed a multi-year overall deal with Apple, it was reported that a drama series based on the story of WeWork was in development in February 2020.[6][7] It was announced in December 2020 that Apple TV+ had put the series into development, with Jared Leto in negotiations to star. Damien Chazelle was initially supposed to direct and produce, but was sidetracked by his film Babylon and dropped out.[8] He was replaced by John Requa and Glenn Ficarra. Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello were set to create and write the series.[9] The series was given an eight-episode series order the next month, with Leto confirmed to star alongside Anne Hathaway, with both serving as executive producers.[10][11] In April 2021, Kyle Marvin was cast in a lead role, portraying Miguel McKelvey, another co-founder of WeWork.[12] In July 2021, America Ferrera was added to the cast.[13] In August 2021, O. T. Fagbenle was added to the cast in recurring capacity.[14] In December 2021, Theo Stockman was added to the cast in recurring role,[15] with Anthony Edwards noted as being cast in February 2022.[16]
| No. | Title [17] | Directed by | Written by [18] | Original release date [19] |
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| 1 | "This Is Where It Begins" | John Requa & Glenn Ficarra | Drew Crevello & Lee Eisenberg | March 18, 2022 |
| 2 | "Masha Masha Masha" | John Requa & Glenn Ficarra | Eleanor Burgess | March 18, 2022 |
| 3 | "Summer Camp" | John Requa & Glenn Ficarra | Eva Anderson | March 18, 2022 |
| 4 | "4.4" | Cory Finley | Zenzele Price | March 25, 2022 |
| 5 | "Hustle Harder" | Cory Finley | Elissa Karasik | April 1, 2022 |
| 6 | "Fortitude" | Tinge Krishnan | Mark Stasenko | April 8, 2022 |
| 7 | "The Power of We" | Tinge Krishnan | Eva Anderson & Eleanor Burgess | April 15, 2022 |
| 8 | "The One with All the Money" | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | Elissa Karasik & Zenzele Price & Mark Stasenko | April 22, 2022 |
A portion of the series previewed at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022.[20]
The series premiered on Apple TV+ on March 18, 2022.[21]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 65% approval rating based on 48 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "The pacing can be frustrating, but WeCrashed still works thanks to its compelling central relationship and Anne Hathaway's knockout performance."[22] On Metacritic, the series has a score of 65 out of 100, based on 21 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[23]
Naomi Fry in The New Yorker called the show "genuinely funny" but complained that the business scenes, which become more frequent toward the end of the show, lack dramatic stakes. She did praise Leto's performance, saying "I don’t think I've ever seen a better impression of an Israeli's accent and mannerisms done by a non-Israeli, and I say this as an Israeli."[24] A number of reviewers criticized the series for not exploring the deeper issues raised by the WeWork story, such as "how thin the line in Silicon Valley can be between visionary and fraudster,"[25] or how Neumann's success came in part because he managed "to tap into a specifically millennial sense of longing for meaning and community."[26]
WeCrashed contains a mix of real and fictional characters and events, although the fictional elements tend to have a basis in reality. For example, the character Elishia Kennedy is fictional but largely based on SoulCycle co-founder Julie Rice.[27] The episode "Summer Camp" involves Rebekah Neumann making an onstage comment at a 2014 "Summer Camp" event that antagonizes many of the female employees, leading to a session in which they vent their frustrations at her. In reality, she did make the comment, but at a 2018 Summer Camp, and there was no corresponding discussion session afterwards, although many of the sentiments expressed had been stated publicly or privately by female employees at various times.[28]
Bloomberg News reporter Ellen Huet felt the show was inaccurate in portraying WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey as "a clueless punchline," when in reality "many former employees saw him as a key architect of the company culture."[28]
Unlike Adam and Rebekah, Elishia is a fictional character in the Apple TV+ series.
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WeCrashed is an American biographical comedy-drama television miniseries created by Drew Crevello and Lee Eisenberg that premiered on Apple TV+ on March 18, 2022. Based on the podcast WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork by Wondery, it stars Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway as Adam and Rebekah Neumann, the married couple at the heart of WeWork, a coworking space company which claimed a valuation of $47 billion (in an internally produced prospectus) in 2019, before crashing as a result of financial revelations.
Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. Her work encompasses both screen and stage, and her accolades include an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her films have grossed more than $6.7 billion worldwide. As a teenager, Hathaway was cast in the television series Get Real (1999–2000). Her breakthrough came when she starred as Mia Thermopolis in her debut film, the Disney comedy The Princess Diaries (2001). In 2005, she played more mature roles in the dramas Havoc and Brokeback Mountain. The comedy The Devil Wears Prada (2006), in which Hathaway played an assistant to a fashion magazine editor, was her biggest commercial success to that point. She played a recovering alcoholic in the drama Rachel Getting Married (2008), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She subsequently appeared in the commercially successful romantic films Bride Wars (2009), Valentine's Day (2010) and Love & Other Drugs (2010). In 2012, Hathaway starred as Selina Kyle / Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises, her first of three collaborations with director Christopher Nolan. That year, she also played Fantine, a prostitute dying of tuberculosis, in the musical romantic drama Les Misérables, for which she earned multiple accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Hathaway went on to play a scientist in Interstellar (2014), the owner of an online fashion site in The Intern (2015), a haughty actress in Ocean's 8 (2018), a single mother in The Idea of You (2024), a journalist in The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) and Penelope in The Odyssey (2026). In television, Hathaway won a Primetime Emmy Award for her guest voice role on The Simpsons in 2010, and starred in the miniseries WeCrashed (2022). She has sung for soundtracks and performed on the New York stage, and she advocates for gender equality as a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador. Hathaway is married to Adam Shulman, with whom she has two children.
Drew Crevello is a writer and former film studio executive known for his work with Fox and Warner Bros. studios. As a vice president of film production at Fox, Crevello developed films such as Deadpool and X-Men: First Class. In 2019, Crevello sold sci-fi pilot script The Long Dark with Scott Free Productions attached to produce and Ridley Scott attached to direct. He co-created and co-wrote the miniseries WeCrashed starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in 2022. Crevello's long-time girlfriend is screenwriter Katie Dippold.
Andrew Burnap (born March 5, 1991) is an American actor. Known for his performances on stage, he began his professional stage career in the Public Theatre's revivals of King Lear in 2014 and Troilus and Cressida in 2016. He gained prominence for his role as Toby Darling in the Matthew López play The Inheritance, which premiered in the West End and transferred to Broadway, and earned him the Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play. In 2023, he portrayed King Arthur in the Broadway revival of the Lerner and Loewe musical Camelot. Burnap is also known for his roles on television including as Phil in the Apple TV+ series WeCrashed (2022), and as Joseph Smith in the FX on Hulu limited series Under the Banner of Heaven (2022).
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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