It was a narrative that rocked the nation. And now, the primary mission concerning the brazen, broad daylight killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is on the best way.
Anonymous Content and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Prods. are teaming as much as develop and produce a documentary concerning the Dec. 4 deadly taking pictures that happened in midtown Manhattan simply earlier than Thompson was set to talk at an investor convention.
Five days after the taking pictures, Luigi Mangione was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania for the killing, including a compelling layer to the story on condition that the good-looking 26-year-old was the valedictorian of his posh Maryland highschool and is an Ivy League graduate. Mangione was allegedly carrying a manifesto when he was detained that referenced one other documentarian, Michael Moore, whose 2007 movie “Sicko” supplied a searing indictment of the U.S. healthcare system. The new doc from Anonymous and Jigsaw will discover how killers are created, what this killing says about our society and the values we place on who lives and who dies.
The demise of Thompson, a 20-year veteran of the medical health insurance big, has uncovered a division in America, with many publicly celebrating his demise, whereas an outpouring of assist has popped up for Mangione, who allegedly used a ghost gun to hold out the stunning killing. The documentary will delve into the nationwide dialog round Americans’ frustration with the healthcare business and medical health insurance firms’ denial of claims and care, in addition to rising prices.
Mangione reportedly suffered from debilitating again ache and underwent surgical procedure to deal with it lately. His X bio featured an X-ray of his backbone. UnitedHealthcare is understood for rejecting about twice as many claims because the business common. This coming week is anticipated to supply a number of developments within the case towards Mangione, who has not but been indicted. He has retained high-powered New York lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo.
Gibney’s “Taxi to the Dark Side” gained the documentary Oscar in 2008. He is at the moment in manufacturing on a movie about tech big Elon Musk and a documentary primarily based on Salman Rushdie’s memoir “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.” He is repped by UTA.
The UnitedHealthcare mission marks the third collaboration between Anonymous (“Spotlight,” “The Revenant”) and Jigsaw.
