Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes’ book about the 2024 election is headed to the big screen, Deadline reports.
The production company Lean Machine has optioned the rights to Allen and Parnes’ Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, which chronicles the campaigns of Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris, and was published in April by Morrow/HarperCollins. A critic for Kirkus wrote of the book, “Dishy scoops fuel a comprehensive account of a historic election.”
The book is the fourth collaboration between journalists Allen and Parnes, who previously teamed up on HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton, Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Doomed Campaign, and Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency.
The film adaptation will be written and directed by Aline Brosh McKenna, known for writing the screenplays for movies including The Devil Wears Prada and We Bought a Zoo, and for co-creating the television series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
McKenna said in a statement, “Allen and Parnes have created a thrilling, page-turning, deeply-sourced account of one of the most important moments in recent history, one with which we were all obsessed. The book is populated with vivid characters, revealing moments and is a propulsive yarn filled with twists, all qualities of the movies I love best. They are also two of the most fascinating and insightful journalists working today and I can’t wait to bring their story to life.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
