The massive leak of 11.5 million tax documents, investigated by more than 100 media groups, has revealed the hidden off-shore dealings in the assets of wealthy people including world leaders and celebrities.
Exposes like Panama papers always attract Hollywood attention as most recently "Spotlight", a film based on the journalists who uncovered a conspiracy surrounding the Catholic church's cover-up of paedophile priests in Boston, won the best picture Oscar this year.
Bernstein says the investigation by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in the leaks, shows the power of collaborative journalism, reported the Guardian
The book will come out in the latter half of 2017, but producers and studios are already being approached about film rights.
"Secrecy World" will be an account of the story behind the leak of documents that has implicated public figures from around the globe for their use of offshore tax regimes.
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