This ‘non-woke’ studio doesn’t exist, and X owner Elon Musk didn’t invest $1 billion in it

False claims about actors Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg launching a "non-woke" film studio are inspiring even more misinformation. 

Such a studio doesn’t exist, Gibson’s publicist told Reuters in April. Even so, X owner Elon Musk is investing in it, according to a recent Threads post. 

"Breaking: Elon Musk invests $1 billion in Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg’s new un-woke production studio," the June 3 post said.  

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Representatives for Gibson and Wahlberg didn’t immediately respond to PolitiFact’s questions about the post, but it originated on a Facebook account that describes its content as satire. 

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Searching online news sources for credible reports of such a cinematic deal, we found only other fact-checks. 

We rate claims Musk invested $1 billion into Gibson and Wahlberg’s "non-woke" studio False.