Bill Clinton s debut novel to get film adaptation

Los Angeles May 11 (IANS) Former US President Bill Clinton and his collaborator best selling author James Patterson are looking forward to a film adaptation of their novel The President Is Missing which comes out in June 2018.

Clinton and Patterson have retained Creative Artists Agency s (CAA) Richard Lovett to handle the rights and plan to meet with potential filmmakers likely in California later in the spring reports hollywoodreporter.com.

This would be the first book-to-film project for Clinton who has previously written few books since leaving office in January 2001.

Clinton and Patterson are also planning to do a book tour and media interviews together to promote the book.

Plot details of The President Is Missing are scarce but a May 8 statement announcing the book promised insider details that only a president can know.

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