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| Based on | WeCrashed byWondery |
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| Music by | Christopher Nicholas Bangs |
| Opening theme | "Happy Man" byJungle |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Running time | 48–61 minutes |
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| Network | Apple TV+ |
| Release | March 18 (2022-03-18) – April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22) |
WeCrashed is an Americanbiographicalcomedy-drama televisionminiseries created byDrew Crevello andLee Eisenberg that premiered onApple TV+ on March 18, 2022. Based on the podcastWeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork byWondery, it starsJared Leto andAnne Hathaway asAdam andRebekah Neumann, the married couple at the heart ofWeWork, acoworking space company which claimed a valuation of $47 billion (in an internally produced prospectus) in 2019, before crashing as a result of financial revelations.
WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork, a six-partpodcast, is the basis for the series.[4]WeCrashed: The Director’s Cut podcast is a remake of the podcast, withDavid Brown byWondery.[5]
AfterLee Eisenberg signed a multi-year overall deal withApple, it was reported that a drama series based on the story of WeWork was in development in February 2020.[6][7] It was announced in December 2020 thatApple TV+ had put the series into development, withJared Leto in negotiations to star.Damien Chazelle was initially supposed to direct and produce, but was sidetracked by his filmBabylon and dropped out.[8] He was replaced byJohn Requa andGlenn Ficarra.Lee Eisenberg andDrew Crevello were set to create and write the series.[9] The series was given an eight-episode series order the next month, with Leto confirmed to star alongsideAnne Hathaway; both will serve as executive producers.[10][11] In April 2021,Kyle Marvin was cast in a lead role, portrayingMiguel McKelvey, another co-founder of WeWork.[12] In July 2021,America Ferrera was added to the cast.[13] In August 2021,O. T. Fagbenle was added to the cast in recurring capacity.[14] In December 2021,Theo Stockman was added to the cast in recurring role,[15] withAnthony Edwards noted as being cast in February 2022.[16]
| No. | Title [17] | Directed by | Written by [18] | Original release date [19] |
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| 1 | "This Is Where It Begins" | John Requa &Glenn Ficarra | Drew Crevello &Lee Eisenberg | March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18) |
| 2 | "Masha Masha Masha" | John Requa & Glenn Ficarra | Eleanor Burgess | March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18) |
| 3 | "Summer Camp" | John Requa & Glenn Ficarra | Eva Anderson | March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18) |
| 4 | "4.4" | Cory Finley | Zenzele Price | March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25) |
| 5 | "Hustle Harder" | Cory Finley | Elissa Karasik | April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01) |
| 6 | "Fortitude" | Tinge Krishnan | Mark Stasenko | April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08) |
| 7 | "The Power of We" | Tinge Krishnan | Eva Anderson & Eleanor Burgess | April 15, 2022 (2022-04-15) |
| 8 | "The One with All the Money" | Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini | Elissa Karasik & Zenzele Price & Mark Stasenko | April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22) |
A portion of the series previewed atSouth by Southwest on March 12, 2022.[20]
The series premiered on Apple TV+ on March 18, 2022.[21]
Onreview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, the series holds a 65% approval rating based on 48 critic reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "The pacing can be frustrating, butWeCrashed still works thanks to its compelling central relationship andAnne Hathaway's knockout performance."[22] OnMetacritic, the series has a score of 65 out of 100, based on 21 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[23]
Naomi Fry inThe New Yorker called the show "genuinely funny" but complained that the business scenes, which become more frequent toward the end of the show, lack dramatic stakes. She did praise Leto's performance, saying "I don’t think I've ever seen a better impression of an Israeli's accent and mannerisms done by a non-Israeli, and I say this as an Israeli."[24] A number of reviewers criticized the series for not exploring the deeper issues raised by the WeWork story, such as "how thin the line inSilicon Valley can be between visionary and fraudster,"[25] or how Neumann's success came in part because he managed "to tap into a specifically millennial sense of longing for meaning and community."[26]
WeCrashed contains a mix of real and fictional characters and events, although the fictional elements tend to have a basis in reality. For example, the character Elishia Kennedy is fictional but largely based onSoulCycle co-founderJulie Rice.[27] The episode "Summer Camp" involves Rebekah Neumann making an onstage comment at a 2014 "Summer Camp" event that antagonizes many of the female employees, leading to a session in which they vent their frustrations at her. In reality, she did make the comment, but at a 2018 Summer Camp, and there was no corresponding discussion session afterwards, although many of the sentiments expressed had been stated publicly or privately by female employees at various times.[28]
Bloomberg News reporter Ellen Huet felt the show was inaccurate in portraying WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey as "a clueless punchline," when in reality "many former employees saw him as a key architect of the company culture."[28]
Unlike Adam and Rebekah, Elishia is a fictional character in the Apple TV+ series.
