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W.

One of the unwritten rules for a biopic is that...  read more

Watch the trailer for Oliver Stone's W.

Don't misunderestimate Oliver Stone. After all, the filmmaker/activist might seem like the last person likely to pen and direct a biopic on our polarizing President. That's exactly what he's doing with his new movie W. : he's got his sights set on Crawford, Texas, and the teaser trailer promises a less-than-flattering look at the ascendancy of one George Walker Bush....  read more

Oliver Stone taps Richard Dreyfuss to play Dick Cheney

As Obama and McCain begin conducting VP interviews this week, director Oliver Stone thinks he has already found his own ideal running mate for W, his upcoming film about the Bush Administration. Dreyfuss is in “final negotiations” for the role of Dick Cheney, whom he already bore a passing resemblance to as Michael Douglas’ opponent in 1995’s The American President. In fact, Dreyfuss, an outspoken liberal activist, has been somewhat of a go-to guy for controlling right-wingers, having portrayed Secretary of State Andrew Haig in The Day Reagan Was Shot. ...  read more