‘Super Pumped’: Quentin Tarantino Set As Narrator For Showtime Anthology’s First Season
16.02.2022 - 19:55
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Pulp Fiction) has been set as the narrator for the first season of Showtime’s Super Pumped anthology series chronicling The Battle for Uber. The project reunites the Oscar-winning filmmaker with his Kill Bill star Uma Thurman, who was tapped to play Arianna Huffington.
The series’ first installment, based on Mike Isaac’s bestselling book of the same name, tells the story of the ride-sharing company that stands out as both a marvel and a cautionary tale, featuring internal and external battles that ripple with unpredictable consequences. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Travis Kalanick, its hard-charging CEO who ultimately was ousted in a boardroom coup. The Battle for Uber is set to debut on February 27 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
The series from Billions co-creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien also stars Kyle Chandler, Babak Tafti, Mousa Hussein Kraish, Elisabeth Shue and more. Koppelman, Levien and Beth Schacter exec produced, wrote and served as showrunners, with Paul Schiff, Stephen Schiff and Allyce Ozarsk also exec producing and Isaac serving as co-executive producer.
Tarantino is a two-time Oscar winner and eight-time nominee known for films including Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, The Hateful Eight, Django Unchained, Inglorious Basterds, Death Proof, Grindhouse, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and 2, Jackie Brown, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. The icon has also been recognized over the course of his career with three Golden Globes, three Critics’ Choice Awards, two BAFTA Awards, an Independent Spirit Award, the American Cinema Editors’ Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award, the Casting Society of America’s Career Achievement Award, the Costume Designers Guild’s