NYT journalists behind Harvey Weinstein expose to get a film

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's, the New York Times reporters who won a Pulitzer Prize for their expose of producer Harvey Weinstein, are now the subject of an upcoming Hollywood movie.

Brad Pitt's Plan B and Annapurna Pictures have picked up the screen rights from the reporters and The New York Times to tell a behind-the-scenes account of one of the biggest sexual harassment scandals in Hollywood's history.

The film will be in the tradition of journalism dramas such as "All the President's Men", which was about the Watergate scandal and "Spotlight", the Oscar-winning movie about The Boston Globe's investigation into child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests.

The film will focus on how the reporters worked in the face of threats and intimidation to bring out one of the most important stories of the decade.

Kantor and Twohey's won a Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of Weinstein's alleged abuses that they shared with Ronan Farrow for his work for The New Yorker.

The New York Times' story, which first appeared on October 5, with the headline "Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades", had on the record quotes and investigative reporting on alleged sexual abuse and cover-up by Weinstein for close to three decades.

The story had a massive impact with many big names in Hollywood opening up about their experiences with Weinstein and other abusers, leading to empowerment movements #MeToo and Time's Up.

Following the expose, Weinstein was not only kicked out from the company he founded but also became a persona non grata from institutions such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Producers Guild of America and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).