‘Tremendous Pumped’ is getting a second season about Fb, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sheryl Sandberg

Showtime’s tech bro anthology collection Tremendous Pumped has been renewed earlier than even airing, with the second season set to give attention to the connection between Fb founder Mark Zuckerberg and chief working officer Sheryl Sandberg. Leisure Weekly stories the season shall be subtitled Sheryl & Mark.

Whereas Tremendous Pumped‘s first season is predicated on New York Occasions journalist Mike Isaac’s 2019 ebook on Uber’s inception, season two shall be primarily based on his upcoming ebook about Fb (aka Meta). No casting bulletins have been made but, so we do not know whether or not the Winklevii or Eduardo Saverin will present as much as inform Zuckerberg to “lawyer up, asshole.” But it surely’s honest to imagine there shall be substantial variations from 2010’s The Social Community, which did not characteristic Sandberg as a personality. 

The collection will seemingly be set a little bit later than the movie, as Fb recruited Sandberg in 2008 — the identical 12 months it settled its lawsuit with the Winklevoss twins. Sandberg was instrumental in constructing the social media platform into the worthwhile, data-guzzling large it’s immediately, being accountable for creating Fb’s promoting technique.

Subtitled The Battle For Uber, the primary season of Tremendous Pumped will premiere Feb. 27, and observe Uber co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick (performed insufferably by Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Depicting inside politics, energy struggles, and — spoiler alert — Kalanick’s eventual ousting from the corporate, the season may also characteristic Uma Thurman as Arianna Huffington, Kyle Chandler as Invoice Gurley, and Hank Azaria as Apple’s Tim Cook dinner.