Megyn Kelly's Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Roger Ailes to Become Film

Fox News host Megyn Kelly’s sexual harassment allegations against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes will become a movie, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. Kelly came forward with the allegations after former Fox host Gretchen Carlson and six other women accused Ailes of sexual harassment.

The Big Short's co-writer Charles Randolph is writing for the film, which was reportedly picked up by Annapurna Pictures. The film would put Kelly, Carlson, and the other women who came forward, as well as Ailes’ wife Elizabeth Tilson, front and center.

A TV series is set to tackle the Ailes allegations as well. The series will be based on reporting from journalist Gabriel Sherman and his biography of Ailes, The Loudest Voice in the Room. Ailes, and the allegations against him, also appear in Kelly’s memoir Settle for More released last month. Kelly alleged Ailes' unwanted sexual advances included him repeatedly grabbing her and trying to kiss her on the mouth. In the wake of the allegations by Kelly and others, Ailes resigned from his Fox News post in July despite having denied the allegations, some of which dated back half a century.

A lawyer for Gretchen Carlson, Nancy Erika Smith, previously told Complex over email: "Like women in every profession, Gretchen Carlson worked hard, did her job well and participated in the world while raising her family. Also like many working women, she was reduced to a sex object by a powerful and sexist boss.”