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George W's Parents Have Been Cast

March 27, 2008

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.

The film will begin shooting Shreveport, Louisiana, at the end of April.

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COMMENTS (30)

Posted by:

Stephen S.

March 27, 2008

Jeffrey Wright is supposedly up for the role Colin Powell and possibly Robert Duvall as Dick Cheney? That's what I heard.

Posted by:

Joseph

March 27, 2008

I can't see Cromwell in the role, but Ellen Burstyn...amazing choice.

Posted by:

joey

March 27, 2008

Can't they just get a chimp to play Pres. Sh#t-for-brains?

Posted by:

Jer

March 27, 2008

I was thinking of Cromwell for G.W. Bush Sr. Excellent Choice I think then again I am a fan of Cromwell since Revenge of The Nerds! He will own the role!

Posted by:

Otis McNutt

March 27, 2008

wow "Joey" calling the president dumb, did you come up with that all by yourself?

Posted by:

Ken Adams

March 27, 2008

Hey Jer, I think you mean that you were thinking of Cromwell for G.H.W. Bush, since technically there is no such person as G.W. Bush Sr. You're an idiot.

Posted by:

Matt Mosley

March 27, 2008

sounds like crap

Posted by:

Dave Fortay

March 27, 2008

Probably not a wise idea to spend all of this money on high priced (OK medium priced) talent.

I sense a movie that's going to flop as Stone will probably blame 9/11 on the Bush family and follow every other kook theory out there. Guess we didn't learn from JFK and Nixon, that mixing history, rumors and creating facts doesn't sell.

At least make a movie about Clinton, it might be tough to avoid the NC-17 rating, but let's face it, there will be some fun scenes.

Posted by:

Mike

March 27, 2008

I have a feeling this movie is going to be really boring and lame. The formative of Bush's life, yeah I'm going to pass on this.

Posted by:

elkk

March 27, 2008

Recast George W! Cheetah should come out of retirement for this.