Get Your First Look at the Darkly Comedic History of The “BlackBerry”
Before the iPhone or Samsung Galaxy or whatever high powered smartphone you’re currently using, there was a device known as the BlackBerry, which some Gen-Z folks, unsurprisingly, might not know of. It was the dominant mobile device of elites all around the world, then, with the arrival of the iPhone, virtually became extinct.
The story behind BlackBerry’s ascent and crash is such a fascinating, almost unbelievable one (as is the case with many a tech giant that came crumbling down) following the device’s originators, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie, that Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton play them in a Wolf-of-Wall-Street-esque dark comedy. Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller adapted Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff’s book Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry into a film that got a good deal of festival heat.
So, when it comes to the question of what ever happened to the BlackBerry (or what Howerton looks like bald and Baruchel looks like with grey hair), you might find the most entertaining answer, from the looks of the trailer, with this upcoming BlackBerry movie .
If you’re on board, look for BlackBerry in theaters on May 12th thanks to IFC Films.
