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The story of WeWork and its co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann will be brought to the big screen by Blumhouse Productions and Universal Studios, per the Hollywood Reporter.

What we know: Charles Randolph, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind "The Big Short" and "Bombshell," the upcoming film about Fox News, is set to write the screenplay, which will adapt the reporting and upcoming book from Fast Company's Katrina Brooker on the company.

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WeWork film to be penned by "The Big Short" screenwriter

It'll adapt an upcoming book from Fast Company's Katrina Brooker.

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The story of WeWork and its co-founder and former CEO Adam Neumann will be brought to the big screen by Blumhouse Productions and Universal Studios, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="per the Hollywood Reporter" data-vars-click-url="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-blum-big-short-writer-tackling-wework-drama-1258682" data-vars-content-id="d16d0c11-7701-4f04-9a9c-f68ab76a3ff8" data-vars-headline="WeWork film to be penned by &quot;The Big Short&quot; screenwriter" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jason-blum-big-short-writer-tackling-wework-drama-1258682" target="_blank">per the Hollywood Reporter</a>.What we know: Charles Randolph, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind &quot;The Big Short&quot; and &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Bombshell" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-b8fb6d1a-60e5-4e73-833d-4475b13db7c3.html?chunk=9#story9" data-vars-content-id="d16d0c11-7701-4f04-9a9c-f68ab76a3ff8" data-vars-headline="WeWork film to be penned by &quot;The Big Short&quot; screenwriter" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-am-b8fb6d1a-60e5-4e73-833d-4475b13db7c3.html?chunk=9#story9" target="_self">Bombshell</a>,&quot; the upcoming film about Fox News, is set to write the screenplay, which will adapt the reporting and upcoming book from <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Fast Company&#x27;s Katrina Brooker" data-vars-click-url="https://twitter.com/katrinabrooker?lang=en" data-vars-content-id="d16d0c11-7701-4f04-9a9c-f68ab76a3ff8" data-vars-headline="WeWork film to be penned by &quot;The Big Short&quot; screenwriter" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://twitter.com/katrinabrooker?lang=en" target="_blank">Fast Company&#x27;s Katrina Brooker</a> on the company.Go deeper: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The board bungle behind WeWork&#x27;s fall" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/wework-softbank-board-positions-a17368ff-eb5f-4028-9d41-d291ce280c82.html" data-vars-content-id="d16d0c11-7701-4f04-9a9c-f68ab76a3ff8" data-vars-headline="WeWork film to be penned by &quot;The Big Short&quot; screenwriter" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/wework-softbank-board-positions-a17368ff-eb5f-4028-9d41-d291ce280c82.html" target="_self">The board bungle behind WeWork&#x27;s fall</a>

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