Oliver Stone Wants To Make George W. Bush Movie

Oliver Stone wants to put the life of George W. Bush on the big screen.

Stone, an Oscar-winning director, has been quietly shopping a script for “Bush”. The film will focus on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. Stone is an outspoken critic of the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq, but is not looking to make an anti-Bush polemic. Stone says he wants, “a fair, true portrait of the man. How did Bush go from being an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?”

“Bush” will be a behind-the-scenes approach, similar to ‘Nixon’, to give a sense of what its like to be in his skin. The film will contain “surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors,” Stone said.

The script was written by Stone’s Wall Street co-writer Stanley Weiser. It will be produced by Moritz Borman and Jon Kilik, who worked with Stone on Alexander. Weiser’s script was finished before the Writer’s Guild of America strike and was ready to shoot.

Stone says that his pick for the title role is Josh Brolin, who has drawn recent praise for his work in No Country for Old Men and American Gangster.

If financing can be secured, the film could start production by April.

Stone won Best Director Oscars for Born on the Fourth of July and Platoon. Stone won a screen writing Oscar for Midnight Express.