Michael Moore’s secret anti-Trump documentary, Fahrenheit 11/9, acquired by Weinsteins
Having distributed Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, documentary which grossed US$200 million, Weinsteins pick up his latest, whose title refers to the November day when Trump was declared winner of US presidential election
Famed documentarian Michael Moore has been secretly working on a film about Donald Trump’s presidential election. Titled Fahrenheit 11/9, the film, still in production, was personally acquired by the Weinstein Co.’s Bob and Harvey Weinstein on Tuesday, the pair announced.
“Fahrenheit 11/9 will be presented with the mix of outrage and mischievous humour that has made Moore the most successful documentary filmmaker in the world,” reads a statement from the company.
The “11/9” in the doc’s title refers to the day Trump was declared president of the United States, at 2:29 am on November 9, 2016. The Weinsteins’ acquisition of the film marks a re-teaming of the trio, as Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, about the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, was also distributed by them (and set a US$200 million worldwide record for the biggest-grossing documentary of all time).
Moore made headlines just weeks before the election by filming a documentary in 11 days and releasing it in New York, Los Angeles and on digital platforms. It was titled TrumpLand and aimed at the “depressed Hillary voter”.
While there is no word on whether 11/9 will feature any of the same footage, the studio says it’s “expected to be key in dissolving Trump’s ‘Teflon’ shield and, in turn, his presidency”.
