Michael Moore will take on Donald Trump this fall in new film 'Fahrenheit 11/9'

Julie Hinds | Detroit Free Press

"Donald & Me" has a certain ring to it. But Michael Moore's new documentary, "Farenheit 11/9," is named for Nov. 9, 2016, when America found out in the wee hours that Donald Trump had won the presidential election.

The Oscar-winning Michigan filmmaker talked up the movie Thursday night on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

"Fahrenheit 11/9" will land in theaters Sept. 21, Moore revealed to the CBS late-night host. He also said he's in the midst of final editing now.

Moore, sporting a Detroit Tigers cap, also shared a clip of his surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Florida golf club owned by Trump. Suffice it to say he didn't get a warm welcome.

Judging from Moore's on-air conversation with Colbert, the film could be his most scathing statement since "Farenheit 9/11," his 2004 film about George W. Bush and the lead-up to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

"When are people going to get off the couch? And When are we going to rise up?" said Moore, who spoke during the interview about the need for non-violent resistance to Trump administration policies.

Discussing the zero-tolerance practice that resulted in immigrant children being separated from parents entering the United States at the Mexico border, he also asked, "What would you do, each of you in the audience, if they snatched your child from you?"

Buzz had been building about a new Moore film since May, when he posted a clip of himself with Trump on Roseanne Barr's 1998 talk show.

In that clip, Trump congratulated Moore on the success of "Roger & Me," adding, "I hope he never does one on me."

A Moore project titled “Farenheit 11/9” was announced by the Weinstein Company in May 2017, before Harvey Weinstein became the subject of a sexual misconduct scandal. According to the Hollywood Reporter, this "Farenheit 11/9" has no link to that one or to the Weinstein Company.

Contact Detroit Free Press pop culture critic Julie Hinds: 313-222-6427 or jhinds@freepress.com.