Posted on 01/13/2021 5:24:25 PM PST by EdnaMode
John McCain will be the subject of an upcoming biopic about his life and decades-long career in politics. Stampede Ventures has optioned rights to “The Luckiest Man: Life With John McCain,” a biography written by the late Arizona senator’s political adviser and friend Mark Salter, and plans to adapt it into a feature film.
Salter is co-writing the script with television producer Craig Turk (“The Good Wife,” “FBI”). The film is being made with support from McCain’s family. His widow, Cindy McCain, will serve as an executive producer.
“John’s story is one of incredible heroism, of serving causes greater than his own self-interest,” Cindy McCain said in a statement. “There is no better time to tell it. I’m excited to share his life and legacy, and know this film will be a tremendous inspiration to people all over the world.”
Turk, who is also producing with Greg Silverman under his Stampede Ventures banner, served as chief legal counsel to McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign.
“Working for John McCain was one of the great honors of my professional life,” Turk said. “Having the opportunity to bring his life to the screen — and to do it with people I admire as much as Greg, Mark, and Cindy — is an incredible privilege.”
Salter adds, “I’ve been helping to tell John McCain’s story for three decades. It will be a special privilege to work with Craig, Greg and the McCain family to tell it in film.”
Stampede Ventures founder and CEO Greg Silverman called it an “honor” to tell McCain’s story cinematically. Along with “The Luckiest Man,” Stampede has also optioned two other books by McCain and Salter: “Faith of My Fathers” and “Worth the Fighting For.”
“It has been a long time wish of mine to collaborate with the brilliant Craig Turk, and it seems more fitting than ever that we tell the story of one of America’s greatest public servants and believers in our democratic system,” Silverman said. “It is Stampede Ventures’ honor to celebrate the valor and character of John McCain, working with his family and loved ones to produce this inspiring American story.”
Turk is represented by Michael Gendler of Gendler & Kelly.
Salty language WARNING, but worth it.
The Exorcism of John McCain - A Rant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q24AAC4j-5Y
I’m waiting for a Barney Frank movie.
Well, they have to decide whether to portray him (falsely) as John McClain (Die Hard) or John Wayne.
Bet they can’t and just fail.
This ^^^
Succinctly and accurately sums up John McCain.
I envision it turning out as a cross between Hogans Heroes and Gilligans Island.
He’s doing a commercial right now for a battery.
That’s one of the many movies I’m sure I’ll never watch.
Highlights:
Dumping his first wife because she was disfigured by a car crash
Having affairs with other women while still married
Abusing his second wife
One of the Keating Five
Throwing the 2008 election to Obama
Supporting Islamic terrorism in Syria
Shopping the hoax “dossier” around to the FBI on behalf of Hillary
Who’s gonna play him, Joy Behar?
“I p1ss on your grave”
Id go see that
Protest this movie wherever it plays.
Wasn’t scrooge McCain near last in his class at the Naval Academy? Then there are the plane crashes, etc.
A Spector is haunting the world....
Missed one:
Providing the deciding vote to save Obamacare
They could have Jane Fonda in it.
Rated X.
Great! Will they include the scene where he blows up his own aircraft carrier?
Not by today’s standards!
We must obey the Supreme Court!
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