The man that brought famous U.S presidents, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, to life on the big screen, now has big plans for a biopic of George W. Bush.

Oliver Stone says he wants to cast Josh Brolin as the controversial political figure in the film that will chronicle Bush’s rise to power.

The film won’t be full of Bush-bashing, Stone told Variety, but instead the director will focus on aspects of the president’s personal life as well as his political career.

“How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world? It’s like Frank Capra territory on one hand, but I’ll also cover the demons in his private life, his bouts with his dad and his conversion to Christianity, which explains a lot of where he is coming from,” CBC.ca reports Stone said to Variety.

While the film does have a script, written by Stanley Weiser before the writer’s strike, it is still in its early stages as Stone has yet to find financial backing.






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