Kyle Chandlerhas joined the cast of Showtime’s anthology seriesSuper Pumpedas Bill Gurley, the venture capitalist who staked his reputation on the success of Uber, with the actor joiningJoseph Gordon-Levitt, who was announced to be headlining the project as the company’s deposed CEO Travis Kalanick earlier this week.
BillionsduoBrian KoppelmanandDavid Levienare spearheadingSuper Pumpedas executive producers, writers, and showrunners as part of their overall deal with the network.Paul Schiff,Steven Schiff,Allyce Ozarskiand Beth Schacter will also executive produce, while the latter will be involved in the writing process as well.
Showtime is planning to have each installment of the anthology tell different tales about the highs and lows of the business world, with Uber the focus of the first season, which will be based onMike Isaac’s bookSuper Pumped: The Battle for Uber, which followed the story of Kalanick’s rise up the tech industry ladder, before he was ultimately removed from the board after an internal coup.
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Gurley is renowned as one of tech’s most famous dealmakers, but he also left Uber’s board of directors just one day after Kalanick’s resignation, and he’s reported to have played a major role in the events that saw the former CEO ousted from the company, so there’s plenty of conspiratorial meat forSuper Pumpedto chew on.
Chandler is a reliable presence that’s built up a solid body of work in film and television since first gaining widespread attention inFriday Night Lights, a role that won him an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
He’s just as comfortable playing the lead as he is being a chiseled character actor, having appeared in a string of critical and commercial hits on both the big and small screens includingGrey’s Anatomy,Bloodline,Catch-22,Super 8,Zero Dark Thirty,The Wolf of Wall Street,Manchester by the Sea,Game Night,Godzilla: King of the Monstersand more, and is currently shooting Netflix fantasy movieSlumberlandwithJason Momoa.
One thing Chandler will definitely need are lifts in his shoes, with Gurley standing at six feet and nine inches tall, butSuper Pumpedis already shaping up nicely so early on in its existence with two proven and hugely talented stars locked in for the lead roles.
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