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Joseph Gordon-Levitt will essay the role of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in 'Super Pumped' series

The season one is based on Mike Isaac's book 'Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber'.

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Each season of 'Super Pumped' will explore a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture. In Pic: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (L) and Travis Kalanick (R). (Image: Getty & BCCL)
LOS ANGELES: Actor-producer Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been tapped to essay the role of former Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick in Showtime series "Super Pumped". According to Variety, the anthology drama hails from "Billions" creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien and Beth Schacter.

The trio will executive produce, write and serve as showrunners on the series.

The season one is based on journalist-author Mike Isaac's book 'Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber'.


It will deal with Uber and Kalanick's meteoric rise in Silicon Valley, the company's roller coaster ride and Kalanick's eventual ouster amid allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic environment at the company.

"Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a remarkably intelligent and charismatic actor, embodying charm with an unpredictable edge. We are beyond excited to see what he will bring to the role of Travis Kalanick, the hyper-brilliant and controversial CEO whose ambition and reckless drive threatened the very enterprise he was determined to build," said Amy Israel, executive vice president of scripted programing at Showtime.

Each season of "Super Pumped" will explore a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture.
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$1 million

In 2012, Missoula Mac Inc., the franchisee-owner of 25 McDonald’s restaurants in the US, agreed to pay $1 million to nearly a dozen former employees to settle a federal sexual harassment lawsuit. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had filed a class-action lawsuit alleging male employees at some of the restaurants had been sexually harassing female co-workers since at least 2006. One woman quit and two other women were fired after they complained repeatedly about their co-workers’ behaviour. Under the settlement, Missoula Mac had to pay the money to the three women and seven others.
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$500 million

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