Musk finally gets confirmed for a UK cinema release, with Universal announcing a January 2027 cinema outing for the documentary.
Perhaps biding its time until the mid-terms were complete in the US, Universal Studios has now confirmed that it will indeed release Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary in UK cinemas.
The film struggled for exposure in the US, with social media platforms – one in particular – not accepting advertising for the documentary.
In fairness, it wasn’t the easiest sell in the first place, a near four-hour film about a man not many of us want to spend time looking at. But off the back of significant acclaim, it’s very good news that we’re going to get a chance to see it in cinemas. I’m sure that Universal’s likely had to hedge its bets a little here, but it’s now confirmed a 15th January 2027 cinema release in the UK. Furthermore, it’s touring European film festivals over the coming months too.
Universal has also released a brand new trailer for the film, that we’ll pop here should the usual places refuse to run it.
The official synopsis, and it’s their quote marks rather than mine, reads as follows:
“An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur”, who has enormous influence on the world we all live in.”
The film had already played in the UK, popping up at the London Film Festival last month. Still, most of us don’t live in London, and most of us don’t go to the London Film Festival. It sounds like it’ll get a decent number of screens for its UK outing, and then presumably it sounds strong fodder for a streaming release too.
I’ve not seen the documentary so can’t comment on it. But I’m gratified at the very least that I’ll be allowed to, and that there are places on the internet where the trailer is allowed.