NEW YORK, June 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Wall Street Journal announced a new collaboration with Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions and Story Force Entertainment to produce a multi-episode podcast series about Nikola Corp. and its former CEO Trevor Milton. .
Mr. Milton founded Nikola with the ambition to revolutionize the commercial trucking industry by selling and leasing large semi-trailers powered by batteries and hydrogen fuel. He resigned from the company in September 2020, amid accusations from a short seller that he misled investors.
Mr. Milton is now charged with two counts of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud, according to the indictment. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if he is convicted of the more serious charge of securities fraud. The trial is scheduled to begin this summer. Mr. Milton has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.
The new series will add to the Journal’s robust roster of deep-immersion audio journalism and podcasts. “Even at a time when many startups and investors are making big promises about new technologies and greener energy, Nikola stands as a warning against hype and hope. We are excited to team up with Alex Gibney and Jigsaw to dive into this fascinating story,” says Matt Murray, editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires.
“We are thrilled to partner with the outstanding reporters at The Wall Street Journal and the powerful team at Story Force,” says Alex Gibney, Filmmaker. “Certain stories are so rich and vital that we can present them in different mediums in ways that allow for real narrative synergy.”
“When we first heard this amazing story and explored it with Hindenburg and the whistleblower team, our jaws dropped,” explains Blye Faust, Executive Producer for Story Force Entertainment. “We couldn’t imagine more ideal collaborators at The Wall Street Journal and Jigsaw with whom to rigorously report and delve into this complex story.”
Several key players have signed on to participate in the project, including Hindenburg Research founder Nathan Anderson. The series will premiere later in 2022.
The Wall Street Journal, Jigsaw and Story Force are also developing associated scripted and unscripted projects for film and television. Daniel Rosen is the co-executive producer of The Wall Street Journal Studios. Sruthi Pinnamanni is an executive producer of the podcast for Jigsaw Productions. Blye Faust and Cori Shepherd Stern will executive produce Story Force.
The Wall Street Journal and Story Force Entertainment are represented by WME. Jigsaw is represented by UTA.
About The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is a global news organization that provides featured news, information, commentary and analysis. The Wall Street Journal engages readers across print, digital, mobile, social media, podcasts, and video. Building on its heritage as the preeminent source for global business and financial news, the Journal includes coverage of US and world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports and health. He has 38 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism. The Wall Street Journal is published by Dow Jones, a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).
About Jigsaw Productions
Jigsaw Productions is directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, considered one of the most prolific and provocative documentary filmmakers of our time. Jigsaw has produced a long list of high-profile documentaries, including the Emmy-winning Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Beliefthe Oscar winner taxi to the dark sideoscar nominated Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Roomas much as Zero Days, Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes, the Inventor: Looking for Blood in Silicon Valley, The crime of the century and Alex Gibney’s latest feature film, the prisoner of all time. In the same year, Jigsaw was also an executive producer. The line documentary series and podcast for Apple TV+, which won the duPont-Columbia Award in 2022.
About StoryForce
Story Force Entertainment, led by Academy Award- and Emmy-winning producers Blye Faust and Cori Shepherd Stern, focuses on elevated entertainment for premium television and film both scripted and non-fiction. Previous projects include the hugely successful 2021 Amazon docuseries lularich Y Stand out, which was awarded Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay at the 2016 Academy Awards. Other credits include bending the bowa 2020 Netflix documentary feature film; belly of the beasta 2020 Emmy Award-winning and Peabody-nominated documentary released by PBS/Independent Lens; warm bodies, a worldwide box office hit for Lionsgate; Oscar-nominated HBO documentary Open heart; Y collisionsEmmy winner that premiered at Sundance.
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