W (Stone, 2008)

[kaytee]

The casting seems to brilliant so far...

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 (Bush) 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.

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.

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It's definitely coming out before the end of this year.

[fizz]

Haha....that reads very funny! In an ideal world, Stone (who seems to have completely lost it!) would go the Charlie Wilson's War route.

[theoddball]

Cromwell as W! That should be perfect casting, given his roles in LA Confidential and 24.

[kaytee]

The Bush administration is coming together -- and adding a key ally for good measure.

Oliver Stone has found the actress to play Condoleezza Rice in his upcoming "W," with Thandie Newton in final negotiations to star as the National Security Advisor-turned-Secretary of State.

Meanwhile, Ioan Gruffudd is in final talks to play former British prime minister Tony Blair.

Rice and Blair are the first non-Bush roles to be cast; Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks and Ellen Burstyn had previously been cast as George W., George Sr., Laura and Barbara Bush, respectively.

[madali]

[kaytee]

Nice, I like. Josh Brolin is a fucking lizard, cant recognize him.

[shariqq]

lizard? wizard? 

[kaytee]

News today is that Richard Dreyfuss is in final negotiations to play Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic, W. Josh Brolin (President Bush), Thandie Newton (Condoleezza Rice) and Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush) have already been cast.

[shariqq]

Stone's movie seems to be casting the perfect actors - atleast in looking the part!

[kaytee]

Check out the teaser poster...Supposedly this was taken to Cannes recently...

[fizz]

Fantastic!

[kaytee]

We have a trailer for Dubya...Fucking brilliant casting, Thandie Newton, Jeffery Wright, Richard Dreyfuss all of them are spot on and what an excellent teaser...I was laughing really hard...

http://www.joblo.com/video/joblo/player.php?video=wteaser1

[shariqq]

Looks pretty solid. Yup, the casting is really good...

[kaytee]

Poster...I like the marketing of the movie...the poster is basically just a screencap but the "Get Ready" does it for me.