According to Variety, John Lithgow has been tapped to portray Roger Ailes in the untitled Ailes movie from Annapurna, which will follow Ailes’ fall from power after numerous female employees at Fox News and other women accused him of sexual harassment in 2016, most notably former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, who alleged that she’d been fired for not giving in to Ailes’ advances.
This and the other allegations ultimately led to him resigning from the network.
Ailes passed away a year later at age 77.
Unlike the Showtime limited series, this movie will not delve into Ailes’ entire life, and it will be told from the perspective of the women who spoke out against him rather than him being the central character.