Susan Fowler, the woman who exposed Uber's rampant sexual harassment issues with her viral blog post, is partnering with Good Universe for a movie about her experience at the ride share company.
In her post, "Reflecting on One Very, Very Strange Year at Uber," Fowler detailed a year's worth of harassment as an engineer at the company, which has been described as indicative of the overall sexist Silicon Valley culture. Her story prompted an internal investigation at Uber, which would eventually lead to CEO Travis Kalanick's resignation.
Hidden Figures scripter Allison Schroeder will pen the feature, titled Disruptors, which is described as Erin Brockovich meets The Social Network....
In her post, "Reflecting on One Very, Very Strange Year at Uber," Fowler detailed a year's worth of harassment as an engineer at the company, which has been described as indicative of the overall sexist Silicon Valley culture. Her story prompted an internal investigation at Uber, which would eventually lead to CEO Travis Kalanick's resignation.
Hidden Figures scripter Allison Schroeder will pen the feature, titled Disruptors, which is described as Erin Brockovich meets The Social Network....
- 10/23/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: As all eyes in Hollywood focus on sexual harassment and rooting out the thugs who practiced it for years, Good Universe just beat out three other bidders to land Disruptors, the timely pitch for a movie that focuses on Susan Fowler, the Uber engineer whose blog post about sexual harassment within the juggernaut Silicon Valley ride-hailing service exposed a toxic culture of sexism and sexual harassment that eventually led to the ouster of seemingly untouchable…...
- 10/23/2017
- Deadline
After sending waves throughout Silicon Valley with her essay “Reflecting on One Very, Very Strange Year at Uber,” Susan Fowler is now setting her eyes on the silver screen. The whistleblower, whose revelations of sexual harassment at the ride-sharing company eventually led to the firing of more than 20 employees and the resignation of then-ceo Travis Kalanick, is developing a movie based on her experiences.
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The news comes from Maureen Dowd’s extensive New York Times profile of Fowler, who published her explosive blog post earlier this year. The article notes that she “now has a job at Stripe as the editor of its tech publication. And she’s working with Verve, a Hollywood talent agency, developing a movie based on her experiences, described by the agency to me as ‘Erin Brockovich’ meets ‘The Social Network.
Read More:a ‘Pacific Rim,’ ‘Godzilla,’ and ‘King Kong’ Crossover May Reveal Who the King of the Kaiju Is
The news comes from Maureen Dowd’s extensive New York Times profile of Fowler, who published her explosive blog post earlier this year. The article notes that she “now has a job at Stripe as the editor of its tech publication. And she’s working with Verve, a Hollywood talent agency, developing a movie based on her experiences, described by the agency to me as ‘Erin Brockovich’ meets ‘The Social Network.
- 10/21/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. Fleming: It might be too on the nose for Hollywood to give movie treatment to the stunning downfall of Harvey Weinstein, but how's this for a fortuitously timed movie package just now being shopped? Remember Susan Fowler, the Uber engineer whose blog post about sexual harassment within…...
- 10/10/2017
- Deadline
Uber is conducting an “urgent investigation” into claims by a former employee who says she was sexually harassed while with company — and that Uber did nothing about it. “What’s described here is abhorrent & against everything we believe in. Anyone who behaves this way or thinks this is Ok will be fired,” Uber CEO Travis Kalanick declared on Twitter while retweeting a post by Susan Fowler Rigetti, who linked to a blog post she wrote regarding her claims. 1/ What's described here is abhorrent & against everything we believe in. Anyone who behaves this way or thinks this is Ok will be.
- 2/20/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
This article originally appeared on Fortune.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has pledged to launch an “urgent” investigation following a former employee’s allegations of sexual harassment at the company.
Kalanick’s statement, issued Sunday, comes in the wake of accusations published on the personal website of Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer (Sre) who quit Uber in December 2016.
In a lengthy post titled “On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber” Fowler alleges that during her first few weeks at the San Francisco-based tech firm her team manager propositioned her for sex. When she presented the company’s human...
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has pledged to launch an “urgent” investigation following a former employee’s allegations of sexual harassment at the company.
Kalanick’s statement, issued Sunday, comes in the wake of accusations published on the personal website of Susan Fowler, a former site reliability engineer (Sre) who quit Uber in December 2016.
In a lengthy post titled “On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber” Fowler alleges that during her first few weeks at the San Francisco-based tech firm her team manager propositioned her for sex. When she presented the company’s human...
- 2/20/2017
- by Joseph Hincks
- PEOPLE.com
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