这一消息是在该片四小时长的威尼斯首映引发SpaceX创始人埃隆·马斯克的一系列批评和侮辱之后透露的。
亚历克斯·吉布尼，这部关于埃隆·马斯克的新四小时纪录片的导演，表示环球影业——该片国际发行权的所有者——在是否在北美以外地区发行该片上“动摇”了。
The revelation comes after the four-hour film’s Venice premiere drew a string of criticisms and insults from the founder of SpaceXAI Alex Gibney, director of the new four-hour documentary about Elon Musk, said that Universal, owners of the film’s international distribution rights “wavered” over releasing the film outside North America.
吉布尼在接受《纽约时报》采访时发表了上述言论，该片当时正在美国上映（由独立发行商Bleecker Street负责发行），他似乎证实了《好莱坞报道者》的一则报道，即环球影业在2023年获得该片国际发行权后，如今却犹豫不决。
Gibney was speaking to the New York Times as the film opened in the US (where it is being released by the independent distributor Bleecker Street), and appeared to confirm a story in the Hollywood Reporter that Universal, which had acquired the international rights to the film in 2023, had got cold feet.
当《纽约时报》问及“环球影业是否在制定其国际发行计划时动摇了？”时，吉布尼回答：“是的。”}
Asked by the New York Times, “Did Universal Pictures waver in setting up its international release plans?”Gibney replied: “Yes.”