How the ‘BlackBerry’ Creative Team Expanded Their Film Into a Limited TV Series
variety.comAmber Dowling “BlackBerry” was never supposed to be two things. Yet when the three-part miniseries telling the metaphoric rise and catastrophic fall of the BlackBerry debuts on AMC on Nov.
13 (having premiered on CBC and CBC Gem on Nov. 9), viewers will see an extension of the film that premiered last January at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Both projects offer dramatized insights into BlackBerry’s parent company, Research in Motion, and specifically into the business relationship between co-founders Mike Lazaridis, played by Jay Baruchel, and Jim Balsillie, played by Glenn Howerton.
Pre-pandemic, when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) optioned “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, it was with the intention of turning it into a miniseries.
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