Oliver Stone’s W. trailer and teaser poster have me hook, line and sinker. I want to see this movie. Not because I want to know the “dirt” on Bush, but because Stone has drawn me into the story. Particularly, with this poster, there is truth here. What is a politician these days but a puppet.
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, Richard Dreyfus might make a trip to Oliver Stone’s White House, entering final negotiations to play Dick Cheney in the provocateur director’s upcoming “W.”
Cheney is the last major position in the Bush administration to be filled, which is occupied by the likes of Brolin (George W. Bush) Thandie Newton (Condoleezza Rice) and Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush).
The 60-year-old Dreyfuss has never played a U.S. leader, though has had a few related roles. He starred as an opposition senator to Michael Douglas’ commander-in-chief in 1995’s “The American President,” as Alexander Haig in a television movie about Ronald Reagan, and played the president of a banana republic in the 1980’s comedy “Moon Over Parador.”
Check out the calendar for “W” – Is it well planned or what? The movie will be released in October, before Americans elect a new president. A DVD release will follow in January timed to Bush leaving office.
 “W,” the Oliver Stone-directed drama about the life and formative years of President Bush has been set for release on Oct. 17, giving the picture three weekends in theaters before the Nov. 4 presidential election.
Shooting begins May 12 Monday in Louisiana.
Josh Brolin stars as the title character, and the cast includes Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush), James Cromwell (George H.W. Bush), Ellen Burstyn (Barbara Bush), Thandie Newton (Condoleezza Rice), Jeffrey Wright (Colin Powell), Scott Glenn (Donald Rumsfeld) and Ioan Gruffudd (Tony Blair). No one is set for Vice President Dick Cheney.
“We don’t really know much about Mr. Bush beyond the controlled images we’ve been allowed to see on TV. This movie’s taking a bold stab at looking behind that curtain,” Stone said in a statement about the release date.