 Nevertheless, "Wired" became a bestseller, albeit one that was publicly criticized by Belushi's family and friends for sensationalism, and for what they perceived to be a negative and one-sided portrait of the actor.Tanner Colby, who co-wrote a biography of Belushi in 2004, later claimed that while many of the anecdotes in Woodward's book were true, Woodward missed, or did not seek out, their meaning or context.Woodward sought to sell the book's film rights as early as 1984—the year it was published—but he found little interest in Hollywood for the project.