Showtime has unveiled the Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber teaser trailer for the forthcoming anthology series, starring Emmy winner Joseph Gordon-Levitt as he enters the highly-competitive world of Silicon Valley. The first installment is scheduled to premiere on February 27.
The video highlights Uber’s hard-charging CEO Travis Kalanick as experiences he leads the company to the highs and lows of Silicon Valley. It also gives a preview of Kyle Chandler and Uma Thurman’s characters.
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Super Pumped is an anthology drama where each season is expected to explore a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture. Based on Mike Isaac’s bestselling book of the same name, the first installment centers around one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive unicorns, Uber.
“In the first season, the story will pivot on Travis Kalanick, Uber’s hard-charging CEO who was ultimately ousted in a boardroom coup, and his sometimes tumultuous relationship with his mentor Bill Gurley (Chandler), the plainspoken, brilliant Texan venture capitalist who bets his sterling reputation on Uber’s success – and then has to live with the consequences,” reads the synopsis. “The series will depict the roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley. Even amid the radical upheaval generated within the global tech capital, Uber stands out as both a marvel and a cautionary tale, featuring internal and external battles that ripple with unpredictable consequences.”
It will star Joseph Gordon-Levitt (The Trial of the Chicago 7), Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights), Uma Thurman (Kill Bill), Elisabeth Shue (Leaving Las Vegas), Kerry Bishé (Halt and Catch Fire), Jon Bass (Miracle Workers), Bridget Gao Hollitt (Home and Away) and Babak Tafti (Succession).
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Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber is created, written, and executive produced by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Beth Schacter, who are also serving as showrunners. Isaac, Paul Schiff, Stephen Schiff, Allyce Ozarski are executive producing, with Allen Coulter set as the director and executive producer for the first episode.
