Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic coming together

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http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/03/george-w-bushs.html


Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic coming together

Mar 26, 2008, 03:26 PM | by Nicole Sperling



The cast that will portray President George W. Bush's inner circle in Oliver Stone's upcoming political biopic W is starting to come together. Elizabeth Banks (Definitely, Maybe) will join star Josh Brolin (pictured) as First Lady Laura Bush, James Cromwell is in negotiations to play George Bush Sr., and Jeffrey Wright (Casino Royale) is in talks for the role of Colin Powell. But at press time, it was still unclear who will take the role of Vice President Dick Cheney. A source close to the production tells EW that Stone will reach out to Oscar winner Robert Duvall, though the actor's agency says that an offer has not yet been presented. W, which was penned by Stanley Weiser (who co-wrote Wall Street with Stone), aims to explain how Bush 43 went from being a hard-partying college student to the most powerful man in the world. Stone has said that he wants to make "a fair, true portrait of the man," but controversy will likely dog the film, which is described in an internal positioning statement as follows: "W is the improbable story of a man who went to the White House despite getting fewer votes than his opponent; who became commander-in-chief despite having avoided military combat himself; and who became the least popular president ever elected to a second term. W will shock and surprise you and leave you questioning everything you believe to be true." Filming is set to begin on April 21 in Shreveport, La. W is being produced by Moritz Borman (who worked with Stone on World Trade Center and Alexander) and Jon Kilik (Babel and Alexander). QED International is financing the film.

[peekaloo]

1. crap. I wanted Crispin Glover to play Poopy.

[whistle]

3. That's not at all a bad suggestion

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2. Perfect, the actor looks like a punk and hopefully he'll have the Dubya swagger down

...my problem is that after experiencing Bush and his thugs for almost eight years, I am not sure I'll be able to handle 125 to 160 minutes in a closed theater. Oliver Stone will have to really get creative with this film, like coming up with a way to slap both Dubya Cheney and perhaps the whole BushCo mob into federal prison for treason. :yoiks:

[LibDemAlways]

4. Frankly, this sounds like a mega-bomb.

I think the disillusionment re. Bush (for those who ever thought he was up to the job in the first place) set in long ago. The rest of us were outraged when he stole the 2000 election and have endured 8 miserable years of watching him and his evil cohorts fuck up. The die-hard 20 percenters will think Stone is biased against chimpy, and probably the vast majority of the rest of us have no interest in plunking down our hard-earned dollars (what's left of them) to watch anything having to do with the moron. At least that's my gut feeling.

[MinM]

5. Red Forman as Michael Hayden?

[MinM]

6. Karl Rove: "I'm Like Grendel Of 'Beowulf.'"

http://www.236.com/feed/2008/03/30/another_reason_for_college_stu_5523.php

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7. Elizabeth Banks

too hot to play someone so.....icky.