With Pinkville (the My Lai massacre in Vietnam) no longer a possibility, controversial director Oliver Stone is quickly moving onto his next project and if timed correctly, this new film could very well come out on the day that the president leaves his current address. What can we expect is a sincere look at a confused man and the surprising piece of information from this announcement is the odd bit of casting news: Stone apparently wants Josh Brolin (the actor who had one hell of a career year in 07′) to play the young W.
Stone revealed that the starting point for his timeline is how he became an “alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world? It’s
like Frank Capra territory on one hand, but I’ll also cover the
demons in his private life, his bouts with his dad and his conversion to
Christianity, which explains a lot of where he is coming from. It includes his
belief that God personally chose him to be president of the United States, and
his coming into his own with the stunning, preemptive attack on Iraq. It will
contain surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors.“
Written by Stanley Weiser (pre-strike folks), this focuses on the life
and presidency of George W. Bush. Stone told the trades that he wants
this to fall into the tonal territory of The Queen. Bush will be produced by Moritz Borman and Jon Kilik and at this point it is hard to tell if this become material to be backed by a major studio or an indie division. One thing is for sure, while idiot Bush has expressed that he might not be concerned about his “legacy”, he might be a tad not to pleased to know that he’ll be assessed a couple of penalty calls by a filmmaker who is friends with people the C.I.A deem as hostile to America’s many noble causes.
