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Surprise! Elizabeth Holmes is the subject of a top-secret documentary from A24, which promises to be a “mind-bending” experience.
The studio on Sept. 6 revealed a previously unannounced film featuring the Theranos founder who was convicted of defrauding investors, titled “You Can See Everything.” The project was made in secret and is set to be released in theaters in October.
From comedian Nathan Fielder and “Primetime” director Lance Oppenheim, the documentary picks up weeks before Holmes went to prison in 2023 on fraud charges.
“Thirty-four days before she’s sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move,” the synopsis reads. “What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.”
A brief teaser trailer for the documentary was also released. It shows an intense stare-down between Fielder and Holmes, as the Theranos founder attempts to convince the comic that she can be trusted.
“I don’t have anything to deceive you on,” she tells him, as the two, inches away from each other, look into one another’s eyes. “Of course I’m not deceiving you.”
Fielder is known for his work that blurs the line between fiction and reality and typically involves him performing in character while interacting with real people who aren’t aware he is producing comedy.
Nathan Fielder is known for his TV stunts
The Canadian comic rose to prominence with the Comedy Central series “Nathan For You,” in which he visited real small businesses to pitch outrageous ideas for boosting sales and gaining publicity. One of his stunts, in which he rebranded a coffee shop as Dumb Starbucks with materials nearly indistinguishable from Starbucks’, made national news before it was known that Fielder was involved.
In 2022, Fielder followed this with with HBO’s “The Rehearsal,” which begins with the comedian helping people rehearse for situations in their everyday lives before, in its second season, spiraling into a bizarre series of stunts loosely connected by a theme of airline disasters.
On his shows, Fielder is typically playing an exaggerated version of himself who is often portrayed as an immoral puppet master willing to lie and deceive those around him, potentially making for a natural combination with the Theranos founder who was once hailed as the next Steve Jobs before she was charged with massive fraud.
According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, from 2013 to 2015, Holmes raised more than $700 million while “deceiving investors by making it appear as if Theranos had successfully developed a commercially-ready portable blood analyzer.” She was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison. She began her sentence in 2023.
Holmes was previously the subject of the 2019 documentary “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley” and was played by Amanda Seyfried in the 2022 Hulu series “The Dropout.”
The existence of “You Can See Everything” was revealed on Sept. 6, the same day that the movie held a secret world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival.
Contributing: Marco della Cava, USA TODAY