--- description: The rights to Michael Wolff’s No. 1 best-seller, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” have been bought by Endeavor Entertainment. title: Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' Headed for Screen Adaptation image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta664a81a80f9b11a/6988f89786f68e1e5e6e7eeb/gettyimages-903009688.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Wolff's Bestseller _Fire and Fury_ Could Be Headed for a TV or Movie Adaptation by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 18, 2018 3:41 AM CUT  An in-store display of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" in London, U.K. on Jan. 9, 2018. An in-store display of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" in London, U.K. on Jan. 9, 2018.Neil P. Mockford—Getty Images by [Eli Meixler](/author/eli/) ## Eli Meixler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 18, 2018 3:41 AM CUT Michael Wolff’s controversial exposé into the first year of the Trump White House could be headed [for a screen adaptation](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/business/media/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-trump.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined"). The rights to the no. 1 best-seller, [_Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House_,](http://time.com/5087823/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-donald-trump-white-house/ "undefined") have been [acquired by Endeavor Entertainment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/michael-wolffs-fire-fury-become-tv-series-1075346 "undefined"), the Los-Angeles based financing arm of William Morris Endeavor and IMG, with plans to develop the book into a TV show or a feature film, according to the _Hollywood Reporter_. The deal is believed to be for hundreds of thousands of dollars, the _Reporter_ says, with Wolff enlisted as an executive producer along with former Channel 4 and BBC executive Michael Jackson. The project does not yet have a TV network or film studio. A _Fire and Fury_ film or television show could be the first dramatic portrayal of the Trump White House and seems likely to depict [in-fighting and dysfunction](http://time.com/5087774/michael-wolff-book-cease-desist-letter-steve-bannon/ "undefined"), a key selling point of the book, which claims to [reveal in the inner workings](http://time.com/5106711/michael-wolff-trump-white-house/ "undefined") of the Trump administration. HBO was previously developing a show based on a planned book about the 2016 presidential election by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, but both the [book deal](http://ew.com/books/2017/10/26/penguin-cancels-mark-halperin-book-2016-election/ "undefined") and adaptation [were dropped](http://ew.com/tv/2017/10/26/hbo-halts-mark-halperin-project/ "undefined") after Halperin faced [widespread accusations of sexual misconduct](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/business/media/halperin-sexual-harassment.html "undefined"). Wolff’s book [shot to the top of bestseller lists](http://time.com/money/5089578/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-trump-sales/ "undefined") and created a media sensation after excerpts were published online, driving a [rift between the White House and former chief strategist Steve Bannon](http://time.com/5086254/trump-steve-bannon-book/ "undefined") and leading the publisher, Henry Holt and Company, to [move up the publication date](http://time.com/5088835/donald-trump-michael-wolff-early-publication/ "undefined"). TIME [spoke with Michael Wolff](http://time.com/5094085/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-interview/ "undefined") this month, with the journalist and author calling Trump’s reaction to the book’s publication, and his [issuing denials](http://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/ "undefined") and [cease and desist letters](http://time.com/5092923/fire-fury-michael-wolff-publisher-trump-unconstitutional/ "undefined") in an effort to block its publication, [“ludicrous” and “scary.”](http://time.com/5094085/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-interview/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5107305/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-book-television-movie-rights/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5107305/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-book-television-movie-rights/"},"headline":"Michael Wolff's Bestseller Fire and Fury Could Be Headed for a TV or Movie Adaptation","datePublished":"2018-01-18T03:41:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:54:49.038Z","description":"Endeavor Entertainment has acquired the rights to Michael Wolff's explosive exposé of the Trump White House","url":"https://time.com/5107305/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-book-television-movie-rights/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Television","movies","Books","White House","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta664a81a80f9b11a/6988f89786f68e1e5e6e7eeb/gettyimages-903009688.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eli Meixler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/eli/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta664a81a80f9b11a/6988f89786f68e1e5e6e7eeb/gettyimages-903009688.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"500 Copies Of Hotly Anticipated Trump Book Arrive At Waterstones","caption":"500 Copies Of Hotly Anticipated Trump Book Arrive At Waterstones","creditText":"Neil P. 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