Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump White House’ Headed To TV

Donald Trump tried to stop the publication of Michael Wolff‘s incendiary “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” only to wind up giving the book free publicity on the way its best-seller status (700,000 hardcover copies have shipped, with 1.4 million more on order). The non-fiction account of what’s really going in Trump’s administration paints the President as an unqualified, temperamental child, who loves cola, fast-food, and television, with everyone around him trying to manage his ever-shifting moods. Now, in news that will likely further stoke Trump’s ire, ‘Fire And Fury’ is headed to TV.

Endeavor Content has paid a whopping seven-figures for the television rights to ‘Fire And Fury,’ and are shopping the project around town where it surely pick up plenty of interest. It’s very early, early days so there’s no talent on board yet beyond producers, but there’s plenty of juicy roles to go around. Maybe Cameron Britton, who played Ed Kemper on “Mindhunter,” could play Trump? Just a suggestion. Here’s the book synopsis:

The first nine months of Donald Trump’s term were stormy, outrageous—and absolutely mesmerizing. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself.

In this explosive book, Wolff provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office. Among the revelations: 

— What President Trump’s staff really thinks of him
— What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama 
— Why FBI director James Comey was really fired
— Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn’t be in the same room
— Who is really directing the Trump administration’s strategy in the wake of Bannon’s firing
— What the secret to communicating with Trump is
— What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The Producers

Never before has a presidency so divided the American people. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion.

No reaction yet from the Trump administration, but I’m sure by the morning the President will air his thoughts on Twitter. [THR]