Hollywood legend Michael Douglas is going to publish his memoir later this year and the big question in Mallorca is will the island feature in the life story. Douglas’s connection to Mallorca dates back to 1989, when he purchased the S’Estaca estate in the town of Valldemossa. Since then, the actor has been an informal ambassador for the island and its culture, expressing his love for the local cuisine, landscape and traditions on numerous occasions.
Over the years he and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones have been joined by numerous Hollywood A-list guests in Mallorca, including his late father Kirk. Grand Central Publishing (GCP), a division of the Hachette Book Group, recently confirmed that it is honoured to announce the forthcoming publication of the long-awaited memoir by two-time Academy Award-winning actor and producer Michael Douglas. The book, currently untitled, is scheduled for publication on October 6, 2026, in hardcover, e-book, and audiobook editions. Michael Fleming is collaborating with Douglas on the book.
In a press statement, Grand Central Publishing said: Douglas is a legendary actor and Hollywood icon whose five-decade career spans film, television, and producing. He has won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Golden Globes, a Primetime Emmy, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the AFI Life Achievement Award, among many others.
He starred in and produced some of the most successful movies of all time, including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Romancing the Stone, The China Syndrome, Fatal Attraction, Black Rain, Wall Street, Basic Instinct, Disclosure, The Game, Wonder Boys, Traffic, and Behind the Candelabra. His iconic movies have defined cultural moments and sometimes whole decades.
Beyond his artistic achievements, Douglas is a dedicated philanthropist and activist championing peace, democracy, gun control, and nuclear disarmament. His advocacy led to his 1998 appointment by United Nation’s Secretary-General Kofi Annan as a Messenger of Peace. For the first time, Douglas is ready to tell the unfiltered story of his life in a raw, career-sweeping memoir that traces his journey from his father, Kirk Douglas’ shadow to his own stardom, revealing his personal challenges, including addiction that threatened his marriage and career, love affairs, as well as his son’s devastating drug addiction and prison sentence. He also shares his triumphs: his victorious fight against stage-four cancer and his enduring twenty-five-year marriage to Catherine Zeta-Jones, which has proved sceptics wrong and become one of Hollywood’s most enduring love stories.
Douglas said: “After being asked for many years, I’ve finally decided it’s time to tell my story on my own terms. Not the highlight reel, not the version shaped by headlines or box office numbers, but the real one. I’ve lived a life that unfolded in public while being deeply private at the same time, and there’s a difference. This is about where I came from, what I fought against, and what I chose for myself. Fame can blur the truth; this is my attempt to bring it back into focus.”