How about one about my favorite ex-presidential candidate John Edwards? The plot would have extramarital sex, out of wedlock children, a cover up, cozy deal with UNC to run some kind of anti-poverty institute there...and get paid for it. Feuds with the neighbors about his compound near Chapel Hill. Shyster lawyerly doings. Too much drama to list!
Say, that has promise. Billy Bob Thornton for the lead?