Oliver Stone has set his sights on his next directing project, “Bush,” a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, and attached Josh Brolin to play the title role.
The director has begun quietly shopping a script by his “Wall Street” co-writer Stanley Weiser.Pic will be produced by Moritz Borman, who teamed with Stone on “World Trade Center” and “Alexander,” and Jon Kilik, a producer of “Alexander” as well as “Pinkville,” the pre-strike project about the Army’s investigation of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam that Stone expected to direct until United Artists pulled the plug late last year.
Borman said Weiser’s script was completed before the WGA strike and was ready to shoot and that many of Stone’s “Pinkville” crew jumped right into “Bush.” If financing materializes quickly enough, the film could start production by April and could be in theaters for the election or the inauguration.