Oliver Stone’s W Trailer - George W Bush Jr.
July 28, 2008
Oliver Stone Finds His Rumsfeld
May 13, 2008
Oliver Stone’s upcoming George W Bush biopic, W, has gained another classy cast member with the addition of Scott Glenn who is set to play former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Glenn’s last role was as the shady CIA director Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum, so it should be a relatively easy gig for the veteran actor.
- From Empire
Oliver Stone movie on Bush set for October release
May 12, 2008
Director Oliver Stone has landed a distribution deal with independent studio Lionsgate to get an upcoming film about President George W. Bush into U.S. theaters in October, shortly before the presidential election.
The political biography, to be called “W” and featuring “No Country for Old Men” star Josh Brolin as Bush, is slated to begin shooting in Louisiana on Monday, Lionsgate said on Friday.
Lionsgate is the distributor behind director Michael Moore’s commercially successful political documentaries “Fahrenheit 9/11″ and “Sicko.”
The film will open on October 17 in North America, said Lionsgate, which also will distribute the movie in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
- From Reuters
Rob Corddry IS Ari Fleischer
April 9, 2008
He’s reported the “news” on “The Daily Show,” and now Rob Corddry will be doing the same from behind a White House podium. MTV News has confirmed exclusively that the actor/comedian has been cast as press secretary Ari Fleischer in Oliver Stone’s presidential biopic, “W.”
Via MTV
Bush biographers on Oliver Stone’s ‘W’
April 8, 2008
resident George W. Bush is a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and a conflicted relationship with his dad. Or at least that’s how he’s portrayed in the script for Oliver Stone’s upcoming feature “W.”
But how accurate is that depiction?
As the film preps for its April 21 start date, The Hollywood Reporter sent a copy of the screenplay to four Bush biographers for their comments. The draft is dated Oct. 17, 2007, and has recently been circulated to talent, though a person close to the film said the script has since gone through at least two drafts.
Naturally, what a director does with a script is how a movie is ultimately judged, but because this screenplay depicts a sitting president and the run-up to the war in Iraq, its authenticity is becoming a hotly debated subject — not to mention the fact that any historical material Stone has touched has become controversial.
Reactions to the script from the biographers were mixed. They said specific scenes are largely based in fact but noted that the screenplay contains inaccurate and over-the-top caricatures of Bush and his inner circle.
“It leaves you with the impression that the White House is run as a fraternity house with no reverence for hierarchy, the office itself or for the implications of policy,” said Robert Draper, author of “Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush.” “Everybody calling everybody else nicknames and chatting about whether to go to war as if they were chatting about how to bet on a football game really misses the mark of how many White Houses, including this one, are run.”
Via HR
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Oliver Stone casts parents of ‘W’
March 27, 2008
Director Oliver Stone has set James Cromwell to play George Herbert Walker Bush and Ellen Burstyn to play former first lady Barbara Bush in “W,” a drama about the formative years of their son, President George W. Bush. Josh Brolin is playing the title character, and Elizabeth Banks will play first lady Laura Bush.
Via Variety