NEW YORK (AP) - Oliver Stone’s film about President George W. Bush is expected to begin shooting within a month with a goal of being released before the president leaves office next January.

A person close to the film says “W.” will begin filming late next month in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Stone has said that the film will focus on the life and presidency of Bush and won’t be an anti-Bush statement. He told Daily Variety it would be “a fair, true portrait” of a man who rose out of alcoholism to be the most powerful figure in the world. Representatives for Stone are not confirming reports that Josh Brolin has been cast as the president with Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush.

“W.” will be Stone’s third film dealing with presidential matters, following “Nixon” and “JFK.” The filmmaker has been an outspoken critic of the administration’s decision to invade Iraq.

From WIS TV

Biographers for President Bush are not too pleased with the script for Oliver Stone’s new movie “W” that’s set to start shooting in Shreveport in just a few weeks. The film stars Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush and Josh Brolin as George Bush and is a depiction of the president’s rise to power.

According to a story on the Hollywood Reporter’s website, in the movie President Bush is a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk, obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and has a conflicted relationship with his dad.

Bush biographers are saying while specific scenes are based on fact, the screenplay contains inaccurate and over the top caricatures of Bush and his inner circle. The script has already gone through two drafts.

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Welsh actor IOAN GRUFFUD is set to play former British Prime Minster TONY BLAIR in the new OLIVER STONE movie W.
The star is also joined by actress Thandie Newton in the film, based on the life of U.S. President George W. Bush. Newton is reported to be in line to play secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.
No Country For Old Men star Josh Brolin will play Bush in Stone’s drama, which will also feature James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks and Ellen Burstyn.
Cromwell and Burstyn will play the current President’s parents George Herbert Walker Bush and Barbara Bush respectively, while Banks will portray First Lady Laura Bush.
W is due to began filming on 21 May (08).

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