Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Amy Adams circling Dick Cheney biopic
After diving into the economic crisis of 2008, “The Big Short” helmer Adam McKay is taking aim at one of Washington's most polarizing figures.
Sources told Variety that Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Amy Adams are in talks to star in McKay's untitled Dick Cheney biopic for Paramount. Sources say Bale is on board to play the former vice president, Carell would portray Donald Rumsfeld, and Adams would play Lynne Cheney.
McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions and Brad Pitt's Plan B is on board to produce.
McKay will direct from his own screenplay with the studio and producers aiming to shoot the movie in the spring for an awards-season push, similar to “Big Short”.
Cheney served in the administrations of US presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and George HW Bush before becoming the CEO of Halliburton. He was VP between 2001 and 2009 under George W Bush and was at the center of foreign policy as that administration pursued post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq along with “enhanced interrogation” programs against suspected terrorists.
McKay has been vocal recently about his countless hours spent researching Cheney and his climb to power, and has been working hard to get Bale on board as the titular politician.
Bale, who was nominated for best supporting actor for his work on “The Big Short”, can be seen next in Scott Cooper's western “Hostiles”. Carell recently wrapped Richard Linklater's “Last Flag Flying” and can be seen next in “Battle of the Sexes”, where he will play Bobbie Riggs. Adams is coming off a busy 2016 that included “Nocturnal Animals”, “Arrival”, and “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”.
Source: Variety
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