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Will Smith to play Barack Obama

Movieweb spoke to Will Smith and Rosario Dawson about their work on Seven Pounds. However, during the conversation Dawson let slip that Smith may be playing Obama at some point.

Smith said that he was definitely considering playing the president elect sometime in the future, and then remarked that his ears made him a lock for the role. It's a joke he has shared many times. He explained that a Barack Obama biopic excited him because the film, "Already has one heck of an ending!" For anyone that is expecting to see this within the next couple of years might have to hold their breath, though. If Mr. Smith has it his way, he'd want to wait eight years before producing and starring in a film about America's first black president. He also commented that he'd want to wait until at least six months after Obama was out of office before releasing it, which he felt should have been done with Oliver Stone's W.

Will Smith as Obama? Good thing or bad thing?

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George W Bush promotes the Shocker! Anyone got a caption for this photo

Like Boing Boing I am wondering what on earth this photo is about. Just seems wrong!
"...this non-hoax photo from the White House.We obtained it from this url, which originates at whitehouse.gov, and accompanied this news release. So, not a joke. Nevermind whatever the news release says, what the hell are they doing? Is that a masonic gang sign? The $700 Billion Shocker? Or are they throwing down for the largest, bloodthirstiest, thievingest gang in the world? Your conspiracy theories welcome in the comments."

Anybody out there know what it is about and more importantly do you have any funny captions for it?

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W. (2008) - Movie Review

Director: Oliver Stone
Starring: Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, James Cromwell, Toby Jones, Stacy Keach, Thandie Newton, Ioan Gruffudd
Running Time: 131 minutes

This review by John Hiscock of the Telegraph. Cheers to Andy D for forwarding it on.

Oliver Stone has said he wanted to understand, not to hurt, George W Bush and to give a fair and true portrait of the man. And with W, the filmmaker - who stirred a firestorm of controversy with JFK and Nixon - has presented a relatively even-handed and entertaining portrait of the current US president, although it is sure to raise White House hackles, nevertheless.

W covers Bush's life from the age of 21 up to his invasion of Iraq, portraying him as both an arrogant, egotistical bully and a confused, sad and almost tragic figure manipulated by his aides and helplessly unable to come up with an exit strategy for Iraq.

Stone made the film in a quickfire 48 days on a £15 million budget to have it ready for release in the US before the November 4 presidential election, but the production values are excellent and there are no obvious signs of it having been a rush job.

As the title character who is in almost every scene, Josh Brolin has done his homework well and offers a convincing interpretation of George W, effectively capturing his mannerisms and style of speech.

Thoroughly researched and based mainly on available documentation, W opens with a post-9/11 cabinet meeting in the Oval Office.

In a series of flashbacks, we then follow Bush's early days as a hard-drinking, rambunctious womaniser and ne'er-do-well, his conversion, at the age of 40, to born-again Christianity, his sobriety and his career in politics.

Stone and writer Stanley Weiser, who also collaborated on Wall Street, place a great deal of emphasis on the father-son relationship, taking the position that George H Bush (James Cromwell) favoured his younger son Jeb and considered George W the black sheep.

Consequently George W is shown as constantly striving to demonstrate he is stronger than his father, castigating him for not finishing the job and taking out Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War and for losing the 1992 election by running a poor campaign.

Among the mainly excellent supporting cast, Richard Dreyfuss is downright scary as Richard Cheney, Britain's Toby Jones is outstanding as Karl Rove and Stacy Keach has some good scenes as the preacher who aids W's conversion.

Thandie Newton, with little to do, bears a startling resemblance to Condoleezza Rice and Ioan Gruffudd makes a brief appearance as Tony Blair.

Inevitably, because the story of the George W Bush administration is still being written, the film's ending is ambiguous.

Poignantly, the smug and self-righteous president is seen struggling at a White House press conference to define what he thinks his legacy will be.

'W' will be released in the UK on Nov 7

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W. Trailer

'W' Theatrical Trailer @ Yahoo! Video

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Vanity Fair photo of all the actors in character as Bush's cabinet in Oliver Stone's "W.".

Michael Douglas will star as a former car salesman/sex addict whose life and marriage falls apart in "Solitary Man" from writing team David Levien and Brian Koppelman (Rounders, Ocean’s 13). The duo will also helm the project

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Al Pacino mentioned, on a radio show, an idea floating around that would re-team him and Robert DeNiro for a drag comedy. The legends would pretend to be sisters. DeNiro chimed in with, “That could happen, who knows?”

Photos of Ben Barnes and Colin Firth on the set of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" here.- Brett Ratner talks about his "Superman" project that never eventuated.

Latino Review have slapped an early draft of the "Green Lantern" script with an enthusiastic, spoiler-filled B+. Along with the buzzing script for "Green Arrow" (formerly Supermax), they profess that Warner Bros. will once again be a worthy competitor of Marvel Studios. And the site confidently deadens those David Boreanaz-as-Hal Jordan rumors.

Viggo Mortensen says that he hasn't heard anything about returning to the 'Rings' franchise for the upcoming "The Hobbit", but would he want to return to the Aragorn role? "Obviously. I would rather have the chance to play that role myself since I originated it on film than have someone else do it" More

Bruce Willis will make his debut as a director on "Three Stories About Joan".CHUD says the film “interweaves the three phases of a young womans struggle to retain her faith in a love borne out of need, destroyed by a madness, and restored by a ghost.”

Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley in the "Harry Potter" films) says she's lining up playing the lead role of Gemma Doyle in Icon Productions "A Great and Terrible Beauty". Charles Sturridge will write and direct the adaptation..." More

A first look at Universal Pictures "The Wolfman" will debut at Universal Studios Hollywood's "Halloween Horror Nights" as part of the theme park's unique Terror Tram. "Halloween Horror Nights" begins on Friday, October 3rd and will extend over an expanded 13-night run concluding Saturday, November 1st..." More

David Hasselhoff will star in "Beverly Hills Ninja 2", the sequel to Chris Farley’s 1997 contribution to the fat joke. Apparently the sequel will be a theatrical release from Sony.

Nicole Kidman to star in “Indiana Jones-like Adventure” called "The 8th Wonder"

Check out some action figures for Frank Miller's "The Spirit"

“Airman,” a children’s book by Eoin Colfer (“Artemis Fowl”), will be the next motion-capture movie for “Monster House” masterminds Gil Kenan and Robert Zemeckis. The swashbuckling scientific story centers on Conor Broekhart, a young man born in a hot air balloon to a family close to the king who has a penchant for looking to the skies for inspiration. After his tutor and king are murdered, Broekhart spends two years in prison, escapes and must decide whether to should turn his back on those who abandoned him or fight those who plot to overthrow the government.

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W. - Trailer for Oliver Stone's Latest

This looks interesting. Josh Brolin stars as George W Bush in this Oliver Stone Directed Biopic. Colour me intrigued.

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