ummm...
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.
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Steve Schmidt should play him. They were/are both mean and venal.
Working title: “21st Century Judas”
> “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.”
No thank you.
It’ll be fiction, of course...
His entire being can be distilled into one moment when he put a thumbs down on Americans’ individual freedom on the Senate floor.
ummm...
Boy, I’ve missed the Circus since the tents came down...send in The Clown !!🤡
Traitor McCain...
Who’d play him ?
How about his BFF, Lindsay ???
I’ll take a hard pass on this work of fiction.
Gomer Pyle
That’s really funny.
Noname was one of the most self centered, stone-hearted, greedy, vindictive SOB in recent history, not to mention personally repulsive.
Perfect subject for whitewashing...
I’m thinking it will have the same response as “rocky horror picture show”
That’s what I was doing when I read this thread about one of the Keating Savings and Loan people.
A movie without a target audience or demographic. Genius.
The Keating Five scandal was very serious; if we had a decent media it would have meant the end to the political careers of all McCain, Glenn and the other three.
“So, you’re saying that they are finally going to make “None Dare Care It Treason?” into a movie?“
Ha! I still have a copy of that! The cover fell off years ago but I still keep it on the bookshelf. Should be required reading for all Americans.
Will it explain why 2 out of 2 daughters ended up obese???
I don’t think that is McCain’s fault.
Yes it was. Only Glenn and McCain ran for election and unfortunately both won.
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