Thurman will portray HuffPost founder Arianna Huffington, EW can confirm.
Huffington was a member of Uber’s board.
Super Pumpedis an anthology series by design, and the first part will focus on Uber.

Uma Thurman will play HuffPost founder Arianna Huffington in Showtime’s ‘Super Pumped’ series.Stephane Cardinale/Corbis via Getty Images; Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic
The plan is for subsequent seasons to tell different stories that rocked the business world and changed culture.
Gurley served as a mentor to Kalanick, though the relationship was sometimes tumultuous.
“We can’t wait for the world to see it.”