Television series

WeCrashed

Name: WeCrashed
Genre: Drama
Released: 2022
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Jared Leto, Kyle Marvin

A prestige-drama retelling of WeWork's rise and collapse, built around Adam and Rebekah Neumann's messianic belief in their own genius. Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway go big and strange, playing charisma tipping into delusion against a backdrop of kombucha taps and cult-like company retreats. It's for anyone who enjoys watching confidence curdle into catastrophe, part tragedy, part dark comedy, part billionaire car-crash.

TVMaze rating

6.1

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