Blair has been commissioned by Esquire to write a movie review of "Shattered Glass," a film about Stephen Glass, who admittedly made up sources and whole stories while a staff writer at The New Republic, the magazine confirmed on Friday.

"We thought it was a clever way to do a movie review, to have the most infamous fabricator review another infamous fabricator," said Esquire editor-in-chief David Granger.

Esquire would not reveal the fee for the review, but said it had been agreed that payment for the brief piece would be donated to two charities -- one that protects journalists and another for research and treatment of depression, magazine spokesman Ed Tagliaferri said.

The review is scheduled to appear in Esquire's November edition.

Blair resigned from the Times on May 1, and 10 days later The Times published an extraordinary, four-page mea culpa detailing how Blair had pretended to travel when he was home, made up colorful details about places he had not been and lifted large chunks from other people's work.

The ensuing scandal led to the resignations of the executive and managing editors of The Times.