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Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Embody Uber Co-Founder Travis Kalanick on 'Super Pumped' TV Based on Mike Isaac's book 'Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,' this Showtime series will 'depict the roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley.' May 25, 2021 AceShowbiz - Joseph Gordon-Levitt is taking the wheel on a new TV anthology chronicling the highs and lows of ride-sharing app Uber. " Billions" co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien have landed a series order from U.S. network bosses at Showtime for " Super Pumped", with the first ...

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Sometimes you’ve got to make a TV show but you don’t want to walk, maybe because it’s raining or it’s already pretty late, and you absolutely don’t want to make a TV show with a regular taxi. So what do you do? Obviously you take out your phone, open up the app, and call an Uber… or, if you’re Showtime, you call for a season of a TV show about Uber. As announced today in a press release, Showtime has picked up Super Pumped, an anthology series about stories “that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture,” with its first...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Star in Uber Drama for Showtime Showtime has given a series order to Super Pumped, an anthology series with the first season based on Mike Isaac’s best-selling book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Joseph Gordon-Levitt ( The Trial of the Chicago 7) will star in the first installment as Travis Kalanick, Uber’s hard-charging CEO who was ultimately ousted in a boardroom coup. Centering on Kalanick, the Showtime series will depict the roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley. Brian Koppelman and David...

Super Pumped, which is being written by Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Season one will be based on Mike Issac’s bestselling book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, which chronicles the highs and lows in creating the ride-sharing app, focusing primarily on Gordon Levitt’s co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick, who was sensationally ousted in a boardroom coup. Vice-president of programming at Showtime, Amy Israel said (via ComingSoon) that “Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a remarkably intelligent and charismatic actor, embodying charm with an unpredictable edge. We are beyo...

Joseph Gordon-Levitt   The anthology drama titled ‘Super Pumped’ hails from ‘Billions’ creators Brian Koppelman, David Levien and Beth Schacter Actor-producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been tapped to essay the role of former Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick in Showtime series “Super Pumped”. According to The trio will executive produce, write and serve as showrunners on the series. Also read | Get ‘First Day First Show’, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox. You can subscribe for free here The season one is based on journalist-author Mike Isaa...