Tag: Barack Obama
Jay Roach to Direct Obama-McCain Drama Game Change
Game Change is an upcoming HBO movie that will be directed by Jay Roach, based on Mark Halperin and John Heilemann‘s 2010 bestseller of the same name about the 2008 election.
The whole thing is still in our fresh memory, but just in case you have no idea what we’re talking about, check the rest of this report for more details.
Danny Strong will adapt the book, and it’s not surprise.
You probably remember that Roach and Strong previously worked together on HBO’s Recount, about the disputed 2000 election so it makes a lot of sense.
This time, the movie will go behind the scenes of the long and captivating campaigns of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain and Sarah Palin.
Here’s the Game Change book description:
“In 2008, the presidential election became blockbuster entertainment. Everyone was watching as the race for the White House unfolded like something from the realm of fiction. The meteoric rise and historic triumph of Barack Obama.
Who Would You Want to Play You in a Movie?
Every day there seems to be new news about another biopic in the works: Beyonce will play Etta James, Hilary Swank will play Amelia Earhart, Jesse L. Martin will portray Marvin Gaye, and on and on. Recently, even Barack Obama staked his claim on the actor he’d like to portray him: Will Smith. The Democratic presidential hopeful claimed “Will and I have talked about this because he has the ears!”
