The Free Press · October 9, 2026 · By Liel Leibovitz
Alex Gibney’s Documentary Musk Released October 9
- Alex Gibney’s documentary Musk was released October 9, 2026 and runs 3 hours 55 minutes. Gibney announced the project in 2023; Musk declined to sit for an interview, per Gibney’s account of a posted response on X.
- Because Musk did not participate, the film includes an animated AI version of Musk, with the avatar’s dialogue drawn only from statements Musk has made in public interviews, per the column.
- The film’s poster depicts Musk standing on a halved globe with a chainsaw; the film opens with an animated sequence of the earth exploding.
Release, runtime, announcement history, and production details as reported in the column; the review’s interpretive claims are not stated here. Original headline: "Elon Musk’s Enemies Make His Best Case".
Removed: the columnist’s characterizations (“monomaniacal energy,” “cartoonish Bond villain,” “assassinating its subject’s character”), the thesis that Musk will “destroy the world,” the evaluation of the animation quality, and the subscription paywall pitch.