It’s safe to say that Showtime is pumped about one of its upcoming projects. Ahead of its Season 1 premiere, the anthology seriesSuper Pumpedhas already been renewed for a second season. The freshman season, subtitledThe Battle for Uber, is set to cover the creation and development of the rideshare app that revolutionized urban life in countless cities across the world, while Season 2 is dubbedSuper Pumped: Sheryl & Mark,and will dive into Facebook’s transition from groundbreaking startup to the powerhouse brand it has become.
Based on the book byMike Isaac, Season 2’s focus will be on the business relationship betweenSheryl Sandberg– the first woman to integrate the board of directors from Facebook – andMark Zuckerberg, both of whom set out to change the world through social media and a managed to achieve it in positive and negative ways.
With the announcement also comes the question: who will play Zuckerberg this time? Back in 2010,Jesse Eisenbergembodied the Facebook creator forDavid Fincher’sThe Social Network,with a performance that earned the actor his first – and only – Academy Award nomination. No casting for the second season of the anthology series has been announced by Showtime thus far.
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Season 1 ofSuper PumpedfeaturesJoseph Gordon-Levittas Uber CEOTravis Kalanick,Uma Thurmanas The Huffington Post founderArianna Huffington,Hank Azariaas Apple CEOTim Cook, andKyle Chandleras Uber co-founderBill Gurley. The cast also featuresElisabeth Shue,Jon Bass,Bridget Gao Hollitt,Virginia Kull,Amanda Brooks,Annie Chang,Erinn Ruth,Mishka Thébaud,Babak Tafti,Darren Pettie,Noah Weisberg,Mark Gessner,Kerry Bishé,andJoe Kelley Dauten.
Super Pumpedis created byBrian KoppelmanandDavid Levien, a duo of showrunners that has previously created another hit for Showtime: the long-running drama seriesBillions,which was just renewed for Season 7.
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uberpremieres on Showtime on February 27. No release date has yet been announced forSuper PumpedSeason 2.
