Kate McKinnon Will Lead Elizabeth Holmes Series at Hulu

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kate McKinnon will star in a Hulu series about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

McKinnon stars in and executive produces The Dropout, a limited series detailing the fast rise and hard fall of Theranos and Holmes.

The Hulu series is based on an ABC News podcast of the same name.

The Dropout traces how Holmes raised hundreds of millions to fund biotech startup Theranos and became a media darling while hiding the fact that her touted blood-testing machine didn't really work.

Read the original story on The Hollywood Reporter.

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