CNN: When Bush First Met Laura In Oliver Stone's "W"

CNN's got a first look at a scene from Oliver Stone's "W," where a young George Dubya Bush (Josh Brolin) first meets his wife-to-be Laura Welsh (Elizabeth Banks) and is pretty much instantly smitten. It's actually pretty much exactly how it's written in the script and basically feels how we pictured it.
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New Photos From Oliver Stone's 'W'

Fuck it, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Or at least for now. We have a little bit of "W" fever these days. Yeah, we knew the Oliver Stone film would basically be an unintentional comedy from the get-go, but now we're kind of convinced it's going to be a fascinating, decent and at the very least, a vastly entertaining comedy since we've read the script.

The first shot is of cowboy younger Bush (Josh Brolin) trying to woo Laura Bush (Elizabeth Banks) and the other one is obviously one of the decider himself. PS, has anyone noted that recognizable character actor Dennis Boutsikaris (E.R.," "Law & Order") is playing former United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz? This kind of makes us LOL. It's genius casting.
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Is Josh Brolin Changing His Tune On 'W'? Are The Sympathetic Sides Of The Film One Big Backhanded Compliment?

Is Josh Brolin changing his tune slightly about Oliver Stone's Dubya-biopic, "W"?

Stone once called it, a "fair, true portrait of the man," and Josh Brolin was initially against the idea and said no to the part. "When Oliver asked me, I said, 'Are you crazy? Why would I want to do this with my little moment in my career?' " Brolin told the L.A. Times earlier this year, but when read the script, he changed his mind. "It was very different than what I thought it would be, which was a far-left hammering of the president."

In fact, in the same interview Brolin went out of his way to say why both sides of the fence could relate and enjoy the film. "Republicans can look at it and say, 'This is why I like this guy' It's not a political movie. It's a biography. People will remember that this guy is human, when we are always [outside of the movie] dehumanizing him, calling him an idiot, a puppet, a failed president. We want to know in the movie: How does a guy grow up and become the person that he did?"

However, Brolin talked to New York magazine this week and was a little bit harsher with his words towards Bush.

"We don’t have [drill him for way he ran his administration], it’s all out there. We concentrate on the compelling nature of someone who has no real deep interest in or training for the presidency, but who did it twice."

Many journos and bloggers have read the script (including us) and it's not an entirely unsympathetic portrait of the President and his cronies, but it does make Bush seem like a guy who gets aggravated by any presidential duties take him away from watching sports, clowning around or playing with his dogs. But all media and bloggers should note: the script we've all read went through two rewrites after it first leaked in April and before it started shooting in late May according to EW.

And it might not be entirely different from what was originally written according to some of the suggestions Brolin makes to NY mag.

'This is an amazingly compelling story about a guy who was flailing. He was a mouse in a labyrinth, just lost, looking for that cheese and not finding it. And then he became president of the United States."

Doesn't quite sound like a totally fair portrayal does it?

In early interviews, Brolin seemed to have a lot of empathy for the President, but maybe now that he's done playing the role, he's done being a politician about how he truly feels. About one scene in the script/movie where the Commander-In-Chief chokes on a pretzel, Brolin isn't exactly kind. "It’s funny, but it’s pathetic and sad, too. You’re laughing but cringing. It’s like Tarantino—like watching a 'W.' version of 'Pulp Fiction.' "

'W' is supposed to be fair and balanced, but in the script (which criss-crosses between his younger days and mostly-modern day Iraq, circa 2003), it's quite heavy-handed, but as we mentioned earlier, there are some kernels thrown to Bush sympathies (he's apparently got a killer memory).

But the more and more we think of it, what we've read – old draft or no – and what all the players involved have said so far, we think we've got the essences of the story : it's one big backhanded compliment to Bush's achievements. An idiot that somehow got to the top.

The early EW cover story in the Spring with Brolin and Elizabeth Banks, basically says as much. Check what Oliver Stone said back then.

"I think history is going to be very tough on [Dubya]. But that doesn't mean he isn't a great story. It's almost Capra-esque, the story of a guy who had very limited talents in life, except for the ability to sell himself. The fact that he had to overcome the shadow of his father and the weight of his family name — you have to admire his tenacity. There's almost an Andy Griffith quality to him, from A Face in the Crowd. If Fitzgerald were alive today, he might be writing about him. He's sort of a reverse Gatsby.''

You'll recall back then that the author of Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Robert Draper wasn't feeling the script either. ''My quarrel with the script isn't that it departed from factual reality here and there, but that it just misses the guy. ''You come away with an even more hyperbolized caricature of Bush the Cowboy President than is already out there.'

Our favorite parts in the script? When Bush snaps at Cheney during a one-on-one meeting to let him know who's in charge. "'Just keep your ego in check. I'm the president. I'm the decider,'' he barks at the VP.

Another scene has Bush in a prep meeting for Iraq and he's so distracted and angry that he begins to start stealing everyone's mints. Condoleezza Rice playfully slaps him on the wrist when he gets to her candy and in a moment of frustration, BDubya snaps at Paul Wolfowitz and commands him to trim his ear hair! (we're not joking) Lastly a meeting with a Saudi ambassador yields a hilarious confession on Bush's part. He tells the guy in all earnestness that he's given up sweets since the beginning of shock and awe. ''This is my personal sacrifice to show support for our troops,'' he says. How amazing is that?

Honestly? No matter how stupid it might seem? After reading the script, we're dying to see this thing.
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B-Role Footage Of Josh Brolin In Oliver Stone's Bush Biopic 'W'; Plus Partial Script Review

Access Hollywood has gotten their hands on some footage of Josh Brolin as the decider, the Commander-In-Chief, Dubya himself in Oliver Stone's biopic 'W.' As funny as it all seems on the surface and from the trailers, Brolin seems to have nailed George W. Bush's cadence and mannerisms; it's quite uncanny, but Brolin didn't have a stellar year in 2007 just to squander it.

We've been on a script reading tear of late and we just finished 'W' two nights ago. It's kind of awesome, ridiculous, not as silly as you'd think and hamfisted all at the same time. It's all large brushstrokes, and little nuance, as you'd expect from Oliver Stone, but it is fascinating and an engaging read with tons of Bush-ism delights that make it pretty enjoyable despite some of its clumsiness (the "life misunderestimated" from the new posters nails some of the "nucular" dialogue in the script).

It's kind of all greatest hits, with no B-sides or deep cuts into the Bush story (relatively), but regardless, it sure as shit makes us want to see the movie to see how it turns out. Truthfully, it's probably not going to be that bad and again, probably pretty enjoyable as the trailers seem to nail every moment in the screenplay. Wait, did we just unintentionally review this thing? Without getting into it too much, one of our favorite things about Bush's characterization in the script is how he constantly seems annoyed and irritated when his Presidential duties distract him from watching baseball or football, it's kind of LOL-riot. Oh, the complete emasculation of Colin Powell (Jeffrey Wright) in the film is also notable as it's hilarious and sad at the same time.



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HBO Fresh Out Of Ideas, Taps Trent Reznor's 'Year Zero'

Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor is in talks with HBO to develop his alternate-reality game which he created to accompany his 2007 album, "Year Zero." The game/album picks up in a dystopian 2022 America where George W. Bush has instated himself as a dictator, controls the masses via a tainted water supply and wages war on subversives.

In a recent interview with the L.A. Times, Reznor declared the possibility for a series is looking good, "I just pitched to HBO two weeks ago in L.A. It went great. Ideally we are trying to get them to do a two-year limited series."

With the current state of HBO, losing such flagship series as "The Sopranos" and "The Wire," it doesn't seem ridiculous that they would go to an interactive rock album for inspiration.

The idea sounds mildly interesting, for a little bit, but does it really have the ability to hold our ever-decreasing attention spans as a television series? And what happens when Bush leaves office, won't it take the punch out of the entire message? The obvious holes may not matter, as HBO is feeling the pressure and finding its future very bleak unless they can find another hit television show, because as of now, AMC is beating them at their own game (even without nudity).

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Get Ready Indeed

AICN has the new one-sheet poster for Oliver Stone's Dubya biopic, "W." We really didn't think this thing would be ready in time, but with trailers, posters and all that coming out, it looks like they might be able to hit the October 17, election week date their aiming at.


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Oliver Stone's 'W' Teaser Trailer Tickles With Comedic Possibilities

Oliver Stone's eagerly anticipated (at least for comedy/irony enthusiasts) George W. Bush biopic "W" has itself a teaser trailer. Apparently this thing was supposed to be saved for "Access Hollywood" tonight, but clearly that plan has gone awry. The trailer mostly focuses on the younger partying frat-boy Bush (Josh Brolin) and his heated relationship with his dad George Bush Sr. (George Cromwell) ("Who do you think you are?" Cromwell sneers after running down a list of all the jobs and careers handed to him that one by one he botched). Slowly, but surely we're introduced to shots of the entire cast, Thandie Newton as Condie Rice, Richard Dreyfus as Dick Cheney, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, etc., etc. Man, near the end where it all coalesces with "What A Wonderful World"? Outstanding irony. This thing is going to be a frigging riot.

AICN, who found the trailer first said Stone might be "back in fighting shape":

"I love Oliver Stone when he’s working at peak form, but bad oliver Stone is almost too painful to contemplate. I had no idea what to expect from W., and until this teaser trailer, I wasn’t excited."

Peter Debruge on Anne Thompson's blog writes:

"In case the powers that be yank it down before you get a chance to see the teaser, it opens with Josh Brolin as GWB doing a drunken table dance at a bar, while James Cromwell (as GHWB) sternly lectures him, 'If I remember correctly, you didn't like the sporting goods job. Working in the investment firm wasn't for you either, or the oil rig job. You didn't exactly finish up with flying colors in the Air National Guard, junior. What are you cut out for? Partying? Chasing tail? Driving drunk? What do you think you are, a Kennedy? You're a Bush -- act like one!' "

First Showing says:

"Are you ready for this? George W. Bush that drinks and gambles? The first teaser trailer for Oliver Stone's W. biopic has just hit and it's not that bad! I'm not sure it will be any good either, but I'm going to leave that judgment up to you. I'm amazed to see that they're showing him in such a revealing light throughout all of this trailer."

Frankly, we don't care what anyone says about this one, we know exactly where we stand on this soon-to-be hilarity, but we needed quotes to make this thing long so we could fit our nice pictures.
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Does 'The Dark Knight' Reflect The Bush/Cheney Policy?

Just when we thought it was safe to escape to the movie theater to see our favorite hero fight crime and leave behind the American life that has had us so bummed us out this year, we find out that Chris Nolan's insanely popular "The Dark Knight," the entity that was supposed to be letting us leave this all behind may have been a two and a half hour justification of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney's questionable anti-terrorism policies.

An article at the Washington Independent mapped out an pretty salient argument which claims that the Vice President Dick Cheney's shady anti-terrorism policies are present in this summers biggest movie.

NOTE: Spoiler Alert!! The comparisons are quite astonishing, the presence of the "noble lies" in the films that serve in the best interest of Batman and the people (Alfred burning the note, the Harvey Dent as perfect hero falsie, Gordon's "death.") But one of the more glaring examples would have to be the morally right Bruce Wayne, who is restricted in his ability to fight crime by his refusal to sink to the level of the Joker, being unable to stop or even understand an enemy that has no motivation except to "see the world burn."

Alas there is hope for a Batman victory, but he must give up his role as a champion of the people, and make unpopular/tough decisions that cast him in a poor public light, and even goes as far as to make him a fugitive, oh yeah and illegal wiretapping, can't win a war against the nihilistic enemies without it. The final scene's voice over by Gary Oldman's is especially suspect and could easily double as a Bush/Cheney radio plug. A bit reductive? Possibly, but you've got to admit there's some major immoralities going on (his ally Lucius Fox played by Morgan Freeman does quit after all).

What does this all mean? Did the GOP just get its best advertising slot ever thanks to America's comic nerds flooding to the theaters in unstoppable droves? Will "TDK" suffer a blacklash due to the negative connection? Probably not, and most likely it will work the other way around, because who didn't think Cheney was way fucking cooler after seeing "The Dark Knight."

Meanwhile, 'TDK' has broke the $200 million mark in five days, damn.

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Is Oliver Stone's 'W' On Track To Win A Razzie Award?

You'll remember that shortly after it was announced, a few pages from Oliver Stone's "W" script leaked to the Hollywood Reporter, and everyone had a good laugh at how silly it was and how much it actually resembled a true comedy; we particularly liked the "turdblossom," line that Bush delivers to Rove, on page one no less.

Well, AwardsDaily has gotten their hands on what is allegedly the final script and they say it's worse than you could possibly imagine and they claim, "that the groaners we saw two months ago were the good parts."

Ooof. They even suggest, "W" could sweep the Razzie Awards.

Their main message? Avoid this "embarrassing joke" at all costs, unless you love trainwrecks or have squeal in ironic delight at terrible movies.

"So if you’re really dying to see a monumental piece of doo-doo with Bush’s name on it, please take my advice. Skip the movie and go tour the sewage plant. It’s bound to be a better example of strained and filtered shit than this script."
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Lemmy's Speed Warts To Be Dissected For Upcoming Motorhead Rawk Documentary

A new documentary about the fast times and life of debauched Motorhead reprobate Lemmy Kilmister is being feted in a film tentatively titled "Lemmy." Slated for release in 2009, the doc is set to feature interviews with the many past and present members of the band and such admirers as Slash, Dave Grohl, the Clash's Mick Jones, Alice Cooper, Steve Vai and WWE wrestling celebrity Triple H. [Billboard]

The Abel Ferrara documentary about the infamous Chelsea Hotel, in New York, "Chelsea On The Rocks" will have a score by G.E. Smith, Tony Garnier, Robert Burger and Jim White with additional music by Sonic Youth and Love and Rockets. Music and archival footage of the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and Sid Vicious appear in the documentary and the soundtrack will come out via Atlantic records. Re-enactments of famous Chelsea events -- including famous folks like Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious, Janis Joplin -- will be performed by Bijou Phillips, Jamie Burke, Adam Goldberg, Giancarlo Esposito and Grace Jones. [SetList]

“It was life-changing, nothing short of. The big ambition is to get people to change the discourse on the war a little bit, to get people started. " - Eddy Moretti, c0-director of "Heavy Metal In Baghdad," a documentary about Iraq's only metal outfit, Acrassicauda. The film opens in New York and L.A. this weekend. [New York Times]

Richard Dreyfuss is getting back to comedy. Or at least getting back to the comedy that should be Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic, "W." The actor has been cast as perennially vexed VP, Dick Cheney. We still think Brian Cox would have been a much fiercer choice for the irascible Veep. [Hollywood Reporter]

According to IMDB, Toby Jones (the uber-fey Truman Capote in "Infamous") will play Karl Rove [IMBD]
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Uwe Boll Says He Should Direct Grand Theft Auto 4, Internet Nerds See Red

Critical punching bag, German director Uwe Boll doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut. The most-hated director alive has had the gall to make poor adaptations of seminal video games like, "BloodRayne" and now he dares to claim he would be the perfect director for "Grand Theft Auto IV," a move seemingly calculated to get Internet nerds into an even bigger lather.

"I think I would actually be the right guy to do [GTA4], because my movies are all bloody and violent and I don't have a problem with action scenes," Boll told Vulture (who are well aware that an interview with Boll is like money [hits] in the bank). "But look, they will go, in the end, with a Michael Bay or a Brett Ratner, and it will be a PG-13 movie made for $150 million. I think it would be better to make a $30 million, very hard, brutal movie without compromising, but I'm not optimistic."

Also that proposed fight with Michael Bay? It's not gonna happen. "His attorney wrote me that he’s not going to do it now. And I have to face, like, legal consequences if I say anymore that he will do it."

"I’m going to make that. I’m going to make that very soon. With Guy Ritchie, I think." How's that for a riveting quote? Producer Joel Silver says he's going to do D.C. Comics toughguy miltary character Sgt. Rock with Guy Ritchie as the director. Maybe everyone should wait to see if "RocknRolla" puts him back in a respectable place first. [AICN]

The Studio that runs "Thor" (Marvel) is throwin' around Brad Pitt's name as the lead. Apparently he hasn't even been approached yet though. It's certainly a better idea then Matthew McConaughey as "Captain Marvel." We just can't picture him looking at Bucky when the sidekick says he doesn't have a joint and trailing off in disgust, "It'd be a lot cooler if you did..." [Latino Review]

Mike Judge apparently see his upcoming film "Extract" as an "evil-twin sequel" to "Office Space," with a twist. "[The boss protagonist is] the owner of a company that makes vanilla extract and orange extract, and that kind of thing. 'Office Space' was sympathetic to the employees, and the bosses and the managers were the assholes. This one is sympathetic to Jason Bateman's character as the owner, and all the employees are the assholes. ... It's another workplace comedy." [MTV]

Scott Glenn has been cast as Donald Rumseld in Oliver Stone's "W" biopic about our current dunderhead president George W. Bush. Glenn’s last role was a nefarious, underhanded and shady CIA head in "The Bourne Ultimatum," so this one shouldn't be much of a stretch. [Empire]
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Oliver Stone's Bush 'W' Movie Will Completely Be Done and Ready For An October 17 Release??

Maybe Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic, "W" will be a comedy! This might explain why Lionsgate is deciding to release the film on October 17 - just three weeks before the November 4 elections even though not an inch of film has been shot yet.

Filming begins May 12, which basically gives them five months to shoot, edit and finish the film in time for mid-October. Uhh, rush much? And casting for the remaining members of Bush's collusion cabinet haven't even been announced yet!

There's basically three options here: 1) The most obvious one: the deadline is missed and the film has to come out in say, January '09 around inaguration time. It seems impossible that they will hit this date. 2) It's a full-blown comedy, it's shot in long, masters and it's easy to edit and piece together. Danny Elfman does the score. 3) It's the serious drama we're all frightened it might be and it's Oliver Stone, so it's just another one of the hackneyed jobs he's done in the last decade or so. Man, we can't wait for October.

Most telling? Lionsgate's bread and butter is shit like the "Saw" series and other schlocky, pump-'em-out horror films made for the specific purpose of generating money. It's not like there's a lot of quality control or Oscar nominations over at the studio. Prepare for a glorious trainwreck.
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Dear God. First Look: Oliver Stone's 'Bush' Film

Wow, feast your eyes on that, huh?

JustJared has a first look of this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly which has snagged the first photos of Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic"W."

Yes, that's Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks as George and Laura Bush? Are you feeling a delirious mix of horror, repulsion and giddy, train-wreck anticipation?

Yeah, we feel dizzy too. Don't forget in the original script, which may or may not have changed by now, Dubya calls his oily advisor Karl Rove a "turd blossom" on page one.

Amazing, right? Don't forget we gave our helpful suggestions as to who should play Rove, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest of the unannounced cast members to portray Bush's cabal.

The EW story is up. In it, Stone denies that Robert Duvall turned down Cheney and refused to comment on reports that he's talking to Paul Giamatti about the part.

A lot of people are wondering how fast and loose Stone will play with his Bush biopic, but he doesn't really care. ''I'm tired of defending the accuracy of my movies,'' he said. ''I'm past that now. JFK was a case to be proven, Nixon was a penetrating biography of a complex and dark man. But I'm not bound by those strictures anymore."

Still, people have problems with the script. The author of "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush, Robert Draper is one of those people. ''My quarrel with the script isn't that it departed from factual reality here and there, but that it just misses the guy,'' he said. ''You come away with an even more hyperbolized caricature of Bush the Cowboy President than is already out there.''

Dude, it is Oliver Stone, afterall. We kinda can't wait.
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Who Else Will Star In Oliver Stone's White House Comedy Drama, "W."?

Not only has sensationalist director Oliver Stone not made a good film in about 17 years ("JFK"), but many of the pictures he has made in that time have been the most wretched, insipid pieces of laughable cinema in recent memory ("Natural Born Killers," "Alexander"; though "Any Given Sunday," did have some good unintentional comedy to it).

In keeping with this trend, you've obviously heard that Stone is planning on rush-releasing, "W.," a biopic about the Bush administration this year, and as quickly as he can before Dubya goes out of office in November to capitalize on whatever residual apathetic hatred the country has for him.

We're not the first people to think this film will likely be a comedy, or more accurately, an unintentional comedy.

As you've likely read, much of the principal players in Bush's cabal have been cast: Josh Brolin will play the bumbling president, Elizabeth Banks will portray professional flower admirer/first lady Laura Bush, Thandie Newton will up the sex-kitten factor of the sexless Condie Rice, and former 'Daily Show' correspondent Rob Corddry will bring the funny as perpetually smarmy White House press secretary Ari Fleischer. Additional cast members will include George Cromwell as the senile George Sr. and Ellen Burstyn who is far too good of an actress to waste her talents on the layabout wallflower first lady Barbara Bush. Fey and limp-wristed British lapdog Prime Minister Tony Blair will be portrayed by the effeminate-looking Ioan Gruffudd.

However, many of the principal players and advisers in Bush's Vulcan cadre cabinet have still not been cast. The film can't possibly go on without them and the announcement as to who will play who must be imminent. So as we're wont to do, The Playlist offers what we believe are our very fine casting suggestions.

Brian Cox as Dick Cheney
Cheney's contemptuous glaze and his petulant, wicked mien is Death Star-worthy. Brian Cox is a thespian who can turn into a pitbull at the drop of a dime and would be perfect to play the ill-tempered war architect. Hell, he's already played the part in various films. What's one more role as a politician who's pure pestilent evil incarnate? We suggest Brian Cox immediately begin tearing the wings off of baby doves to prepare for the role of the habitually irritable VP.

Wayne "Newman" Knight as Karl Rove
Rove's self-satisfied smug grin was always one you wished you had the immunity to slap off his unctuous fat face (Not to mention that whole creepy pedophile thing he's got going on). So, who better to play one of the craftiest weasels of all time then one of TV's most nefarious and weaselly vermin, Newman from "Seinfeld"? You know the extra sweaty oiliness he could bring to the role would make him that much more detestable. It'll be like his turn in "Jurassic Park," except instead of his evil bumbling leading to dinosaurs running amok, he helps create a whole new generation of battle hardened terrorists who want to kill our children's children. Hello Jerry...

Robert Wuhl as Donald Rumsfeld
Wuhl is one of our most hated actor of all time, hands down, which makes him a natural fit to play the evil and nefarious Rummy. His vile, hammy mugging and his stupid wretched face... (wait- Rummy or Wuhl? Oh yeah, both.) We've loathed Wuhl for years (he loves getting cast as a sportswriter and came up with the horrible "Arli$$" TV show premise himself). So, he might not look the part exactly, but he'll be plenty easy for us to hate! And with some Grandpa specs, some graying make-up, and a few pounds gained, he could perfectly play the one of the most crude and shifty villains that ever lived.

James Earl Jones As Colin Powell
If anyone in Bush's cabinet had a shred of dignity for most of their tenure it was probably Colin Powell, who then basically flushed all that good-will down the toilet when he was hoodwinked into presenting a bunch of horseshit 'evidence' in front of the U.N.to make the case for war. So who better to play him than the Emperor's very own hand-puppet, the voice of Lord Darth Vader? We can see it now, that part in the resigns his post and goes into hiding, a bitter and betrayed man who squandered his legacy on an unethical administration. Kinda like his role as 'Terry Mann' in the first half of "Field of Dreams." And just as in 'Dreams,' we can envision a sequel when a young man with a vision, in this case named Barack Obama convinces the crazy, bitter old kook to come out of retirement for one last shot at glory...

According to a leaked script obtained by ABC, the film "a classic American story," and shows Bush in his prime, boozing too much, living in the shadow of his esteemed father and suddenly finding a purpose in life; getting religion, giving up alcohol and attempting to not be such a jackass. But does his desire to impress daddy put the rest of the world in danger? The Hollywood Reporter got their hands on the same script (talk about White House leaks) and they sent it to four Bush biographers; one of them who said the screenplay, "Leaves you with the impression that the White House is run as a fraternity." See? Talk about bringing the Lol's.

One things for sure, all of the players involved in the film, especially Stone are going to have problems with the IRS come tax time 2009.

Thanks to the invaluable help of contributor Mr. Snruff on this post.
4. 11.08, Update: Three pages of the allegedly real script are up on the Hollywood Reporter site. Get it before it goes down. Bush calls Rove a "turdblossom" on page one, ahahaha.
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