MUSK trailer: Alex Gibney documentary opens in Australia on 25 February – Universal Pictures Australia has released the official trailer for MUSK, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney’s documentary about Elon Musk and the influence of concentrated power. The film opens in Australian cinemas on Thursday 25 February 2027.
The Australian release follows a global festival run and the documentary’s October 2026 US cinema launch through Bleecker Street. For local audiences, the February date places the film at the end of Universal Pictures International’s first announced wave of releases across the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and France.
Gibney has spent decades examining powerful people, companies and institutions. In MUSK, he turns that investigative approach towards the technology entrepreneur’s rise from Silicon Valley to becoming the world’s richest man.
Watch the MUSK official trailer
What is the MUSK documentary about?
The film is billed as an exploration of the corrupting influence of power. It traces Musk’s journey from Silicon Valley entrepreneur to a figure whose companies, wealth and public interventions have given him extraordinary reach across technology, business and politics.
The trailer presents the documentary as a study of both personal ambition and the systems that allow an individual to accumulate immense influence. Rather than treating Musk’s companies as separate stories, the film places them within a broader examination of power and accountability.
From Venice to Australian cinemas
MUSK began its festival run with its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. It then screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival.
The documentary continues its festival tour through November with stops at Lisbon Film Festival, IDFA in Amsterdam and Stockholm Film Festival. Universal Pictures International begins the cinema rollout in the United Kingdom on 15 January 2027.
Germany follows on 21 January, Spain on 5 February and France on 17 February. The Australian release is Thursday 25 February, with more territories and dates still to be announced.
Critical response to MUSK
Early festival reviews have focused on the film’s examination of wealth, power and Musk’s international influence.
A dire warning on the perils of unchecked wealth and power
Financial Times
A lacerating and important watch, grounded in Alex Gibney’s supremely insightful but user-friendly mastery of the documentary form
Variety
Engrossing from the start and a necessary length to confront Musk’s immense impact… brazen and innovative
Deadline
Alex Gibney’s documentary record
Gibney’s previous films include Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Taxi to the Dark Side, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, The Armstrong Lie and The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley.
He won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for Taxi to the Dark Side. He was previously nominated for Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, while his work has also received Emmy, Grammy and BAFTA recognition.
Who made MUSK?
Alex Gibney directed MUSK and wrote the screenplay with Michael J. Palmer.
Gibney produces alongside Jessie Deeter, Erin Edeiken, Zhang Xin, Joey Marra, Nick Shumaker, Jessica Grimshaw, Dana O’Keefe, Ronan Farrow and Lawrence Wright.
The executive producers are William Horberg, David Levine, Richard Perello, Yariv Milchan, Michael Heimler, Natalie Lehmann, Emily Selinger, John Friedberg, Kent Sanderson and Tyler DiNapoli.
MUSK opens in Australian cinemas on Thursday 25 February 2027.
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