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Brolin as Bush
Published 5/8/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
... Entertainment Weekly’s cover story is peek at pre-production on W, Oliver Stone’s ...

EW's Article On Stone's Bush Biopic is Online
Published 5/8/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
The pic to the right and the cover image really are the only good parts of Entertainment Weekly 's article on Oliver Stone's George Bush biopic titled W . It does talk about the trouble the film has had finding footing with a studio, but also mentions how it looks like Lionsgate may be the one to step in and get the film into theaters as early as October, but more likely in November. Stone is quoted saying how many actors wouldn't even go near the picture. ''They hate Bush so much, they can't understand why I'd want to make a movie about him,'' he says. ...

Stone's 'W' Set for October from Lionsgate
Published 5/9/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... , continues in its second day of major news as Variety confirms that Lionsgate will indeed distribute the pic and it will also be hitting theaters on October 17 giving it three weekends in theaters before the Nov. 4 presidential election. Shooting is set to get underway on May 12 in Shreveport, LA, which Entertainment Weekly recently profiled a visit to the set . The cast features Josh Brolin as Bush as well as Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush), James Cromwell (George H.W. Bush), Ellen Burstyn (Barbara Bush), Thandie Newton (Condoleezza Rice), Jeffrey Wright (Colin Powell), ...