Sony Pictures Buys Richard Clarke's Book for the Screen

[Unknown Known]

LOS ANGELES, April 9 — Sony Pictures Entertainment has bought the rights to "Against All Enemies," the best-selling book by Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism adviser, and plans to turn it into a feature-length movie.

John Calley, a veteran Hollywood executive who was until last year Sony's chairman, will develop and produce it.

"I think it's a really interesting story along the lines of `All the President's Men,' " said Amy Pascal, vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. "There's a real narrative drama in the material. We're going to see if we can develop a film out of it."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/10/arts/10SCRI.html

[MrBenchley]

1. Gene Hackman as Clarke...

Too bad the guy who played Ernest is dead...he'd have made a great pResident Smirk.

[opihimoimoi]

2. Gene is cool.

Pee Wee Herman is a must for Bush

[Blue-Jay]

3. Too bad it couldn't be in the theatres before November......nt

[smiley_glad_hands]

4. in your caption the squirrel looks like Lemmewinks of South Park Fame.

One of the funniest episodes ever. I think hes making a comeback in this weeks episode.

[cliss]

5. Heh heh. Yes, good choices.

My hunch is, they would bring more wisdom and good sense as they portray BeelzeBush.

It's going to be really difficult to cast someone for Bush. Who?

[Unknown Known]

6. Martin Short as the *bush boy dauphine

A long the lines of how he was in "Clifford"

[wryter2000]

7. Hot damn

The sheeple will watch that. Of course, it'll be way after the election. Still, maybe they'll learn something.

[frylock]

8. can't wait to get up in some protesting freeper's ugly little grill..

when it's released in theatre.

[Supormom]

9. How about Martin Sheen as bush*...

That would drive the right wingnuts crazy!

[Moderator]

10. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x477067