Washington
(ANI):
Filmmaker
Oliver
Stone
is
planning
to
direct
a
new
project,
'Bush,'
a
film
based
on
the
life
and
presidency
of
George
W.
Bush,
with
Josh
Brolin
set
to
play
the
lead
role.
The
Oscar-winning
director
has
involved
his
'Wall
Street'
co-writer
Stanley
Weiser
to
write
the
script
of
the
film,
which
will
be
produced
by
Moritz
Borman.
If
financing
for
the
film
materializes,
it
could
begin
shooting
by
April
and
be
in
cinemas
in
time
for
the
US
presidential
election.
Stone
is
not
planning
to
make
an
anti-Bush
film
but
to
chronicle
key
events
in
his
life
to
explain
how
he
came
to
power,
with
a
structure
similar
to
the
Stephen
Frears
film
'The
Queen'.
"It's
a
behind-the-scenes
approach,
similar
to
'Nixon,'
to
give
a
sense
of
what
it's
like
to
be
in
his
skin," Variety
quoted
Stone,
as
saying.
"But
if
'Nixon'
was
a
symphony,
this
is
more
like
a
chamber
piece,
and
not
as
dark
in
tone.
People
have
turned
my
political
ideas
into
a
cliche,
but
that
is
superficial.
"I'm
a
dramatist
who
is
interested
in
people,
and
I
have
empathy
for
Bush
as
a
human
being,
much
the
same
as
I
did
for
Castro,
Nixon,
Jim
Morrison,
Jim
Garrison
and
Alexander
the
Great," he
added.
Stone
refused
to
give
his
personal
opinion
of
the
president.
"I
can't
give
you
that,
because
the
filmmaker
has
to
hide
in
the
work.
Here,
I'm
the
referee,
and
I
want
a
fair,
true
portrait
of
the
man," he
said.
"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.
"It
includes
his
belief
that
God
personally
chose
him
to
be
president
of
the
United
States,
and
his
coming
into
his
own
with
the
stunning,
preemptive
attack
on
Iraq.
It
will
contain
surprises
for
Bush
supporters
and
his
detractors,"
he
added.