Endeavor Content is planning to adapt the controversial book, which tells the inside story of Donald Trump's first year as the president of U.S.A., to a television series with Wolff serving as the EP.
- Jan 18, 2018
AceShowbiz - Michael Wolff's controversial book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" is coming to the small screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Endeavor Content, the financing and sales arm formed in October between William Morris Endeavor and IMG, has purchased film and television rights to the No. 1 best-selling book.
Endeavor reportedly is planning to adapt the book to a television series. It is said that the company has closed the deal, which is in the seven-figure range.
Regarding the planned small-screen adaptation, Endeavor hasn't had a network attached for it. The site further states that the company is set to begin shopping the project to several TV networks soon.
Wolff has been tapped to executive produce the series. Meanwhile, British television executive Michael Jackson, which is now a CEO of indie producer Two Cities Television, joins Wolff as a producer.
Based on Wolff's personal access to the White House, "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" follows the first year of Donald Trump as the president of United States of America. Released on January 5, the book quickly becomes the publishing sensation with Trump attacking the book and former adviser Steve Bannon, who is one of Wolff's sources.
"Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book," POTUS wrote on his Twitter account. "He used Sloppy Steve Bannon, who cried when he got fired and begged for his job. Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad!"
Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book. He used Sloppy Steve Bannon, who cried when he got fired and begged for his job. Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad! https://t.co/mEeUhk5ZV9
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
Trump's lawyers tried to stop the publication of the controversial book, but the book has since sold more than 1.4 million hardcover copies with Ebook and audiobook sales reach to more than 250,000 and 100,000, respectively. Only two days after its release, "Fire and Fury", which has been sold in 32 countries, took the first place on the New York Times best-seller list.
Should the project move forward, it may be the first TV series tackling Trump's presidential.
