(Sean) Penn In Talks For Plame Film (to play Ambassador Joseph Wilson)

[sabra]

Source: empire online

Double Oscar winner Sean Penn is following up Sunday night's triumph by reportedly entering negotiations to play Ambassador Joseph Wilson in Fair Game, the story of CIA agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts).

For those who don't slavishly follow US politics, the Plame affair saw members of the Bush administration out a CIA agent, Valerie Plame, apparently because they weren't happy with her husband, Ambassador Wilson. Dick Cheney's ex-Chief of Staff, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying to a federal grand jury about his role in the leak and sent to prison. The other government figures involved got away with it.

Doug Liman is already set to direct the film, with Naomi Watts starring as Plame. It's based on the book Plame herself wrote about the affair. This is not to be confused with the Rod Lurie film Nothing But The Truth, starring Kate Beckinsale, which was more loosely based on the scandal.
Helen O'Hara

Read more: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24262

[harun]

1. Awesome.

[Soylent Brice]

2. oh hell yeah!

finally. exposure.

[Lugnut]

3. That's a movie I won't miss.

:kick:

[Happyhippychick]

4. He definitely has the right hair, too.

[90-percent]

5. Longshot

But still proud to be rec #4.

I hope reality provides a couple of "frog march" scenes that have not yet happened in real life.

Sean is one hell of a GREAT AMERICAN! A great lesson in responsible citizenship.

My wife has even been bugging me to give money to any organization charged with prosecution of all these Bush White House War Criminals and Traitors!

Suggestions?

-90% Jimmy

[Spazito]

6. I think he would be great in that role, I hope he gets it....

but even if he doesn't it's a movie I would like to see!

[mopinko]

7. anyone here read the book?

i'm guessing that there was little or nothing about brewster jennings, and what they did. i always thought that was the real target.

[Gman]

8. There's next year's Best Actor

and maybe Best Picture.

I can already hear Penn's speech about how this can never happen again and how we should prosecute Cheney.

[tridim]

9. My choice for Cheney, David Huddleston AKA The Big Lebowski

[PassingFair]

10. Watts is OK...

but I would have preferred Laura Linney in this role.

[Danascot]

14. I think Watts is a great choice

[PassingFair]

15. They both have blond hair....

I thing Linney has better acting skills.

[The Sushi Bandit]

11. I vote for BRAD PITT!!

And AJ can play Plame!

[cascadiance]

12. Salma Hayek should be Sibel Edmonds, if they can get her into the plot...

... which they SHOULD if they really want an in depth movie plot of what went on over there!

http://detainthis.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/valerie-plame-wilson-describes-sibel-edmonds-disclosures-as-stunning/

[originalpckelly]

13. Artists are about about the only good rich people...

I mean, how many people do you have to screw over to make a movie or an album? That's why Hollywood is so liberal, many of these people really know what it's like to struggle and suffer in life, though they may be well off now, none of them are really billionaires.

[Doctor_J]

16. Good luck getting this on 2,000 screens opening night

This will be consigned to SICKO-like suppression

[CBHagman]

17. Watts is a fine choice, and I think...

...George Clooney or Chris Noth should play Joe Wilson. At least that's the casting in my febrile little mind. :evilgrin:

But Sean Penn is a fine actor and I'm sure would love to sign on to this project.