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James Cromwell, who played the pig-lover in “Babe” and warp drive inventor Zephram Cochrane in “Star Trek: First Contact,” will play the first president named George Bush in “W,” Oliver Stone’s filmic biography of George W. Bush.

(Bet you thought it was that Sulu guy, didn’t you??)

Ellen Burstyn (“The Exorcist,” “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”) plays Barbara Bush (W’s mom; not his daughter).

Read all of Variety’s story on the matter here.

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EDDIE MURPHY IN A BUSH SUIT?
by Kurzinski Valentine
Mar 26th, 2008
09:49:21 PM
FIRST!
by mpiehler
Mar 26th, 2008
09:50:07 PM
It's spelled Zephram Cochrane
by indiebum
Mar 26th, 2008
09:50:33 PM
Isn't he too tall?
by Dax_Bladerunner
Mar 26th, 2008
09:52:03 PM
Well they certainly aren't going for...
by Greenleaf1
Mar 26th, 2008
09:54:32 PM
The sonofabitch who shot Kevin Spacey in LA Confidential!
by leobloom
Mar 26th, 2008
09:55:36 PM
FLAMES ON BUSH SUIT?
by leobloom
Mar 26th, 2008
09:57:04 PM
Oliver Stone's Obama!
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
Mar 26th, 2008
09:57:59 PM
WOW! um STUPID!
by Captain Justice
Mar 26th, 2008
09:59:40 PM
great news
by bibble 3000
Mar 26th, 2008
09:59:52 PM
So after George W....
by snomusic
Mar 26th, 2008
10:02:07 PM
Oliver Stones movies are too one sided
by i kick tits
Mar 26th, 2008
10:02:12 PM
"That'll do, Dick"
by TallBoy66
Mar 26th, 2008
10:05:04 PM
He also played Jack Bauer's Evil Dad Who Isn't Dead
by TallBoy66
Mar 26th, 2008
10:05:49 PM
Why?
by NeoMyers
Mar 26th, 2008
10:08:04 PM
Reminder folks...
by Dick Jones
Mar 26th, 2008
10:09:43 PM
nic cage as bush
by nolan bautista
Mar 26th, 2008
10:10:52 PM
Yea, why?
by Beerisgood
Mar 26th, 2008
10:11:05 PM
oh crap
by Beerisgood
Mar 26th, 2008
10:12:10 PM
Simone Signoret as Barbara Bush
by nolan bautista
Mar 26th, 2008
10:12:24 PM
Bush Sr. is 6' 2", FYI.
by themikejonas
Mar 26th, 2008
10:14:43 PM
Garret Morris as Colin Powell
by nolan bautista
Mar 26th, 2008
10:15:18 PM
kam fong
by nolan bautista
Mar 26th, 2008
10:18:19 PM
Woah he plays Jack Bauer's father and W's father?
by bonerama
Mar 26th, 2008
10:21:23 PM
IT'S A LITTLE SCARY! A LITTLE SCARY!
by The Amazing G
Mar 26th, 2008
10:21:30 PM
Oliver Stone - Has Been
by RetroActive
Mar 26th, 2008
10:22:41 PM
Alice Doesn`t Live Here is a great movie...
by DanielKurland
Mar 26th, 2008
10:26:49 PM
Dana Carvey's pissed.
by leobloom
Mar 26th, 2008
10:27:47 PM
Not good, he's super liberal.
by futureman3000
Mar 26th, 2008
10:29:07 PM
James Cromwell han't played an asshole since LA Confidential
by Jugdish
Mar 26th, 2008
10:30:18 PM
Too distinguished.. maybe GHWB.. but not W
by Baron Karza
Mar 26th, 2008
10:31:26 PM
Ha Ha Ellen Burstyn as Barb!? What an insult to Ellen!
by Baron Karza
Mar 26th, 2008
10:35:30 PM
James Cromwell played an asshole in 24
by Kurzinski Valentine
Mar 26th, 2008
10:36:22 PM
Everybody should be watching...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Mar 26th, 2008
10:40:33 PM
AND JOSH BROLIN PLAYS W
by Unlabled
Mar 26th, 2008
10:44:08 PM
I think
by Locutus_Jones
Mar 26th, 2008
10:46:09 PM
That was butt-obvious
by Mgmax
Mar 26th, 2008
10:49:18 PM
In retrospect, old Herbert Walker looks like a god...
by FlickaPoo
Mar 26th, 2008
10:56:43 PM
Obama to be played by Carrot Top
by dogphart3000
Mar 26th, 2008
11:07:12 PM
Danny DeVito's Penguin for Cheney!
by Judge Briggs
Mar 26th, 2008
11:07:28 PM
BABE DADDY GOTTA EAT SOMETHIN!
by tHeGRinGoGenTiLE
Mar 26th, 2008
11:10:51 PM
Looks nothing like Bush 41
by Darth_Gonz
Mar 26th, 2008
11:16:26 PM
Icon? Only if the shitty ST counts for something
by Hikaru Ichijo
Mar 26th, 2008
11:19:57 PM
Spare us, Flickpoo...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Mar 26th, 2008
11:23:06 PM
Was G W Bush that interesting?
by mistergreen
Mar 26th, 2008
11:24:21 PM
TheGhostWhoLurks
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 26th, 2008
11:32:21 PM
TheGhostWhoLurks
by Pdid
Mar 26th, 2008
11:32:36 PM
All the way from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn... give a warm welcome
by Queerbait
Mar 26th, 2008
11:33:35 PM
You know what?
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 26th, 2008
11:34:06 PM
Sorry, GhostWhoLurks
by ebonic_plague
Mar 26th, 2008
11:36:17 PM
WTF?
by Tourist
Mar 26th, 2008
11:36:48 PM
Damn
by Series7
Mar 26th, 2008
11:37:28 PM
Super Nintendo...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Mar 26th, 2008
11:43:40 PM
wheh-wheh-when whah-when-wheh comfortably mumb wheh wheh
by JeffManSixtyFo
Mar 26th, 2008
11:46:51 PM
Dumb asses!! ED ASNER IS BARBARA BUSH!!
by Uncle Stan
Mar 26th, 2008
11:49:38 PM
This project is so ill-timed
by DanyaRomulus
Mar 26th, 2008
11:53:49 PM
Danya is right
by Stevie Grant
Mar 26th, 2008
11:59:49 PM
Who is there for? Really?
by superduper3000
Mar 27th, 2008
12:02:46 AM
Jugdish--didn't you see The Queen?
by Lance Rocke
Mar 27th, 2008
12:05:15 AM
AAHHHH! I can't avoid the bait!
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
12:08:56 AM
READ MY LIPS!
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:09:35 AM
SUPER NINTENDO
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:13:10 AM
BSB
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
12:14:06 AM
Interesting headline
by Napoleon Park
Mar 27th, 2008
12:16:52 AM
JOHN CHO AS REV. SUN MYUNG MOON
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:17:27 AM
Stone's Nixon was horrible.
by Rev. Slappy
Mar 27th, 2008
12:21:37 AM
SUPER NINTENDO: IN GHOSTWHOLURKS' WORLD, ONLY DEMS CAN DO WRONG
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:24:22 AM
Um, Rev. Slappy...
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
12:24:27 AM
Alphabet movies
by Napoleon Park
Mar 27th, 2008
12:27:40 AM
ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... .....
by Ashok0
Mar 27th, 2008
12:28:10 AM
Too soon. Seriously.
by Rev. Slappy
Mar 27th, 2008
12:28:11 AM
BUSH AS 'PRESIDENTIAL GOD'
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:28:20 AM
I hope this isnt as boring as WTC
by Ashok0
Mar 27th, 2008
12:28:40 AM
This Years Little Miss
by Trik_Ster
Mar 27th, 2008
12:31:04 AM
THE ROCK AS JEFF GANNON
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:33:34 AM
GHOST: "DERR I DINK BUSH IS GRATE LIKE PRESIDENSHAL GOD"
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:37:30 AM
Hulk Hogan for Barbara Bush!
by Forestal
Mar 27th, 2008
12:39:33 AM
Verne Troyer as Robert Reich!
by Forestal
Mar 27th, 2008
12:44:13 AM
Edward James Olmos as Alberto Gonzales!
by Forestal
Mar 27th, 2008
12:45:48 AM
Paul Wolfowitz as Satan!
by Forestal
Mar 27th, 2008
12:46:36 AM
ZAC EFRON AS DAN QUAYLE
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:49:54 AM
ADRIANA LIMA ...
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:50:41 AM
This is right at the bottom...
by RAVENL0RD
Mar 27th, 2008
12:52:40 AM
BEELZEBUB AS DONALD RUMSFELD
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
12:55:07 AM
Since,
by Stevie Grant
Mar 27th, 2008
01:00:18 AM
That'll do, Reagan, That'll do.
by gotilk
Mar 27th, 2008
01:02:21 AM
W doesn't deserve a movie
by zooch
Mar 27th, 2008
01:08:43 AM
I'm glad to see Ellen Burstyn woring more
by drakeavenue
Mar 27th, 2008
01:14:03 AM
*working
by drakeavenue
Mar 27th, 2008
01:14:39 AM
Boomhower as Jimmy Carter
by Groothewarrior
Mar 27th, 2008
01:21:37 AM
Bush's legacy and current M.O....
by RandySavage
Mar 27th, 2008
01:31:24 AM
Cujo
by Trik_Ster
Mar 27th, 2008
02:04:52 AM
Trik_Ster
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
02:09:07 AM
I'm glad to see Ellen Burstyn whoring more
by leobloom
Mar 27th, 2008
02:45:40 AM
Cromwell looks nothing like HW
by Supermans
Mar 27th, 2008
02:46:41 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
by MCMLXXVI
Mar 27th, 2008
03:35:12 AM
Needs Nazis
by Trik_Ster
Mar 27th, 2008
04:17:38 AM
its spelled zephram cockmouth
by Mysterious Yobo
Mar 27th, 2008
04:24:51 AM
Ellen Burstyn out all over!
by Mysterious Yobo
Mar 27th, 2008
04:25:58 AM
New Casting Decisions
by bottombrick
Mar 27th, 2008
04:40:03 AM
I FUCKING HATE JAMES CROMWELL!
by Maniaq
Mar 27th, 2008
05:01:03 AM
Snake arrow to the Face
by bottombrick
Mar 27th, 2008
05:09:14 AM
But James Cromwell isn't from Texas!!!!!
by Yeti
Mar 27th, 2008
05:37:23 AM
This role DEMANDS JACK BLACK'S TALENTS!!
by TomBodet
Mar 27th, 2008
05:46:04 AM
Rollo Tamsi
by masteryoda007
Mar 27th, 2008
06:40:48 AM
*Tamasi
by masteryoda007
Mar 27th, 2008
06:41:10 AM
But I was DYING to see Nimoy say
by ricarleite
Mar 27th, 2008
07:16:36 AM
But I was DYING to see Nimoy say "Read my lips"
by ricarleite
Mar 27th, 2008
07:16:44 AM
Lawrence Fishburne as Colin Powell
by tanks1
Mar 27th, 2008
07:39:19 AM
James Woods as the pile of cocaine on the table!
by YackBacker
Mar 27th, 2008
07:46:08 AM
James Cromwell IS Dr. Dolittle
by Hawaiian Organ Donor
Mar 27th, 2008
08:01:38 AM
Weird choice
by kafka07
Mar 27th, 2008
08:04:46 AM
OLIVER STONE GOTTA EAT!
by TheGoddamnSiege
Mar 27th, 2008
08:15:58 AM
The Johns Hopkins Study?
by MorbidObesity
Mar 27th, 2008
08:20:33 AM
READ MY HIPS
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
08:38:09 AM
SNOOP DOGG AS H.W. BUSH
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
08:39:03 AM
BONES AS H.W. BUSH
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
08:42:23 AM
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE JOHNS HOPKINS STUDY?
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
08:43:24 AM
where Bush failed
by MJAYACE
Mar 27th, 2008
08:52:39 AM
DAN QUAYLE AS H.W. BUSH
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
08:53:28 AM
Too bad Paul Winfield passed away
by skimn
Mar 27th, 2008
08:55:12 AM
So I see a MAJOR lack
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
08:55:21 AM
Will this be one of Oliver Stone's mixed-media
by skimn
Mar 27th, 2008
09:00:47 AM
Ernest Borgnine
by skimn
Mar 27th, 2008
09:01:52 AM
I want to see Mudd come back. Played by that
by CrichtonAstronut
Mar 27th, 2008
09:11:31 AM
Mudd and Quark. That would be a great spinoff
by CrichtonAstronut
Mar 27th, 2008
09:12:47 AM
JIM GUCKERT AS H.W. BUSH
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:21:16 AM
This movie has me way interested now
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
09:23:29 AM
ARI FLEISHER / SCOTT MCCLELLAN / TONY SNOW AS H.W. BUSH
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:25:04 AM
USS CYGNUS AS H.W. BUSH
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:26:27 AM
PAUL GIAMMATI *WILL* BE KARL ROVE
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:32:01 AM
Cromwell and Brolin
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
09:35:29 AM
Hopefully
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
09:37:39 AM
COSTNER WAS JIM GARRISON
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:40:30 AM
I see that this is written by the
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
09:42:49 AM
BringingSexyBack
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
09:44:51 AM
Dammit, you had me hoping for Shatner.
by TheContinentalOp
Mar 27th, 2008
09:45:19 AM
Oh wait...
by TheContinentalOp
Mar 27th, 2008
09:46:06 AM
Best supporting Actor
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
09:46:54 AM
www.we-support-traitors.com
by uss cygnus
Mar 27th, 2008
09:47:58 AM
Shatner
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
09:48:15 AM
SERIES 7
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:48:31 AM
SERIES 7 PART DEUX
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:50:59 AM
WHAT HOLDS TRUE THEN, HOLDS TRUER NOW
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
09:52:58 AM
BringingSexyBack
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
10:11:40 AM
This movie could actually work
by seniorspeilbergio
Mar 27th, 2008
10:16:17 AM
Cromwell played US President before
by theycallmemrglass
Mar 27th, 2008
10:18:44 AM
The more I think about this cast...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Mar 27th, 2008
10:23:41 AM
SERIES 7
by BringingSexyBack
Mar 27th, 2008
10:27:22 AM
Get some one totally bad ass to
by Diagnostic
Mar 27th, 2008
10:30:18 AM
Wall Street quote
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
10:38:38 AM
Interesting thing about Stone.
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Mar 27th, 2008
10:47:52 AM
More on that quote
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
10:58:38 AM
He doesn't even look like Bush 41!
by ricarleite
Mar 27th, 2008
11:05:35 AM
I think they should have Bush's head. Like Nixon's
by CrichtonAstronut
Mar 27th, 2008
11:21:43 AM
McClain to McCain have Bruce Willis do it.
by CrichtonAstronut
Mar 27th, 2008
11:28:02 AM
Way To Suck Us In With The Word "ICON"
by prajadhipok
Mar 27th, 2008
11:32:45 AM
Damn, I was expecting LeVar Burton....
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Mar 27th, 2008
11:38:22 AM
Baal to Play GW Bush
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Mar 27th, 2008
11:40:46 AM
Presidential Actors
by skimn
Mar 27th, 2008
11:49:11 AM
Cockring plays Bush........that fits nicely.
by travis-dane
Mar 27th, 2008
11:52:20 AM
Kevin Spacey as Elliot Spizter
by Forestal
Mar 27th, 2008
12:27:09 PM
Bush's Secret Agenda
by samurai sark
Mar 27th, 2008
12:36:06 PM
It's a good choice to have actors who don't look
by I Dunno
Mar 27th, 2008
01:00:05 PM
God I hope
by Series7
Mar 27th, 2008
01:55:54 PM
Randy Savage- your 'legacy' post
by samsquanch
Mar 27th, 2008
02:01:26 PM
samurai
by samsquanch
Mar 27th, 2008
02:02:08 PM
@ sam
by samurai sark
Mar 27th, 2008
02:09:34 PM
It's a relief to know...
by fastcars
Mar 27th, 2008
02:39:24 PM
Once again Shatner gets screwed
by picardsucks
Mar 27th, 2008
03:08:14 PM
SEDITION
by Larry of Arabia
Mar 27th, 2008
04:27:12 PM
I liked the other 'W' talkback better. Where's cchhrriissm?
by samsquanch
Mar 27th, 2008
04:37:35 PM
No, I thought Conner Trinnear
by Drath
Mar 27th, 2008
04:58:59 PM
he always plays presidents that want to kill people, or make
by ironic_name
Mar 27th, 2008
05:58:06 PM
speaking of Obama
by Prossor
Mar 27th, 2008
06:45:47 PM
MorbidObesity
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
08:48:03 PM
Oh, and Prossor...
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
08:53:29 PM
Prosser: "I hope McCain does good."
by Doc Manhattan
Mar 27th, 2008
09:58:59 PM
WHOOPI AS CONDOLEEZZA
by Doc Manhattan
Mar 27th, 2008
10:05:59 PM
MOS DEF & TALIB KWELI AS BUSH AND CHENEY
by Doc Manhattan
Mar 27th, 2008
10:12:54 PM
DIAL "W" FOR TERMINATION
by Doc Manhattan
Mar 27th, 2008
10:18:18 PM
Black Bush
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
10:24:13 PM
Coalition of the Willing
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
10:28:56 PM
Oil? I don't know what you're talking about, oil? What does oil-
by ebonic_plague
Mar 27th, 2008
11:05:46 PM
Super Nintendo, there are smart conservatives here
by samsquanch
Mar 27th, 2008
11:24:24 PM
who is in charge of his facial hair
by Spazatronic 2000
Mar 27th, 2008
11:32:57 PM
samsquanch
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 27th, 2008
11:57:50 PM
MJAYACE
by bacci40
Mar 28th, 2008
12:45:01 AM
Prossor
by bacci40
Mar 28th, 2008
12:51:21 AM
Bacci, good point, Nintendo- I hear that.
by samsquanch
Mar 28th, 2008
01:05:21 AM
Grrr...
by Stevie Grant
Mar 28th, 2008
02:11:01 AM
BTW, I maintain,
by Stevie Grant
Mar 28th, 2008
02:14:52 AM
kill republicans, smart people deserve the air more
by ironic_name
Mar 28th, 2008
06:12:31 AM
Jack Palance as Ron Reagan Jr.
by Damned if I can login
Mar 28th, 2008
07:49:16 AM
That'll do, pig.
by Dingbatty
Mar 28th, 2008
07:51:17 AM
Bah Ram U!
by Sparhawk38
Mar 28th, 2008
08:31:54 AM
Stevie Grant
by Super Nintendo Chalmers
Mar 28th, 2008
12:59:55 PM
Is it-WILL SMITH???????
by TomBodet
Mar 29th, 2008
06:47:51 AM

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