Oliver Stone casts parents of 'W'

Variety ^ | 3/26/08 | Michael Fleming

[Callahan]

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.

Stone will direct from a script by his “Wall Street” co-writer Stanley Weiser. Moritz Borman is producing with Bill Block and Jon Kilik.

[ssaftler]

Ellen Burstyn to play former first lady Barbara Bush

I guess Jane Fonda was otherwise engaged.

[I still care]

I’m waiting for the Clinton movie, and have Dick Morris write the script.

I remember Dick talking about Clinton trying to strangle him. And the wicked blue language when the Cintons were screaming at each other. Not to mention Monica.

Morris also talked about “belling the cat” - whenever they had to tell Hillary bad news, nobody wanted to do it, because you would get savaged.

Now THAT sounds like a great movie.

[maine-iac7]

Josh Brolin

OOPS.

you are correct: JOSH Brolin, James Brolin's son and Barbra's step son - not much better? Although he's much better looking = never did think the dad was.

[Bommer]

Ahhh brilliant idea. Spend making a movie that no one will see and cast Stretch Cunningham to play 41. Hollywood really is comprised of serious dumbass's!

[sinanju]

You never know, every now and again Stone puts down the meth pipe and makes a serious movie. His recent 9/11 flick stayed out of politics.

[Tallguy]

Yeah, but when uber-liberal James Cromwell gets a chance to play the ‘heavy’, he's always right there.

Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush??? Guess somebody sees a passing resemblance.

[Non-Sequitur]

Cromwell is an extreme lefty.

That surprise you? So is stone. And the actor who is portraying Bush is Streisand's stepson.

[Chickensoup]

If Oliver Stone makes a film that is a total slam of the Republicans, particularly before the elections would it be seen as a large Democrat contribution?

[Lancey Howard]

If Oliver Stone makes a film that is a total slam of the Republicans, particularly before the elections would it be seen as a large Democrat contribution?

If that is Stone's agenda, I suspect he will have about as much success as Michael Moore did in 2004.

[Green Mountain Man]

This movie may turn out to be as big a hit as Ishtar!

[Bob J]

There’s no moonbat like an old moonbat.

[Borges]

He made Nixon a tragic figure of Shakespearean proportions. The film was disliked by a lot of people who loathed Nixon.