Mr. Robot is a Sam Esmail-created American drama-thriller television series.¹⁾

Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker who suffers from social anxiety disorder and severe depression, is played by Rami Malek.²⁾

Alderson is persuaded to join a hacktivist gang by an insurgent anarchist known as “Mr. Robot”, played by Christian Slater.³⁾

By assaulting the enormous firm E Corp, the group hopes to eliminate all debts.⁴⁾

According to Sam Esmail, he has been interested by hacker culture for roughly 15 years and has wanted to produce a film on it.⁵⁾