In the midst of recruiting an all-star ensemble for his long-gestating passion project "The Butler," director Lee Daniels has tapped Jane Fonda to play Nancy Reagan.
Based on a Washington Post report by Wil Haygood, pic follows Eugene Allen, the White House butler whose career started with Harry Truman in 1952 and ended in 1986 with Ronald Reagan.
Forest Whitaker is closing a deal to play Allen, while Oprah Winfrey remains in talks to play his wife. David Oyelowo is in negotiations to play Allen's son, while Liam Neeson and John Cusack are circling presidential supporting roles as Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, respectively. Fonda will appear in a handful of scenes as the first lady of the United States.
Daniels, who is directing from a script he co-wrote with Danny Strong, is in the process of finalizing financing for the pic, which has no distributor onboard yet. Pamela Williams will produce through Laura Ziskin Prods. along with Hilary Shor.
Though no cast deals are in place yet, producers are eyeing a summer start date.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118051917
Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Beat me to it.
I was going to title the thread "I checked the calendar and it's not April Fools Day".
I was going to title the thread "I checked the calendar and it's not April Fools Day".
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
I think liberty is more likly to lose his cool over this one.
Okay... There's all kinds of things wrong with what you just said.
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Oh the humanity!
How could someone in hollywood be allowed to play the part of someone who has differing political views than the person she is portraying?
We all know very well for example that every actor that ever played Hitler believed in everything Hitler did.
This is a terrible thing & should not be allowed!!
How could someone in hollywood be allowed to play the part of someone who has differing political views than the person she is portraying?
We all know very well for example that every actor that ever played Hitler believed in everything Hitler did.
This is a terrible thing & should not be allowed!!
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Bit 'o trivia...
Moe Howard (of The Three Stooges) was the first Hollywood actor to portray Hitler.
Moe Howard (of The Three Stooges) was the first Hollywood actor to portray Hitler.
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Jane Fonda could play Ronald Reagan and make it believable, but come on, not even the slightest bit of a smirk passed over your face when you read that Hanoi Jane was going to portray the godmother of American conservatives?Joe Guy wrote:Oh the humanity!
How could someone in hollywood be allowed to play the part of someone who has differing political views than the person she is portraying?
We all know very well for example that every actor that ever played Hitler believed in everything Hitler did.
This is a terrible thing & should not be allowed!!
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
It made me 
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
~ Carl Sagan
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
I wonder if Jane Fonda will do her own stunts?
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Like what? Zipping up an evening gown? Holding a lobster fork?
"The dildo of consequence rarely comes lubed." -- Eileen Rose
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
"Colonialism is not 'winning' - it's an unsustainable model. Like your hairline." -- Candace Linklater
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Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Got the requisite training in Klute.Gob wrote:I wonder if Jane Fonda will do her own stunts?
GAH!
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Scooter wrote:Like what? Zipping up an evening gown? Holding a lobster fork?
Well every time I see her on TV she seems to be falling arse over tit!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Telling Ronnie what to say?Scooter wrote:Like what? Zipping up an evening gown? Holding a lobster fork?
Reagan everything
Reason is valuable only when it performs against the wordless physical background of the universe.
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Gob wrote:
Well every time I see her on TV she seems to be falling arse over tit!
Jane Fonda?
Your collective inability to acknowledge this obvious truth makes you all look like fools.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
She should do a 5-story fall.Gob wrote:I wonder if Jane Fonda will do her own stunts?
And the stunt coordinator should accidentally put the landing surface approximately 10' away from where she lands.
Treat Gaza like Carthage.
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
I read about this several months ago and chose not to post about it...
First of all, it should be noted that she's not playing Nancy Reagan in The Ronnie and Nancy Story (she's way too long in the tooth for that) she's playing a relatively small role in a movie that covers more than 30 years in the White House...
When the story first came out, I recall seeing a quote from Mrs. Reagan, where she herself did not object...(Nancy Reagan, the former Nancy Davis, used to be an actress herself; and despite their political differences, she and her husband were good friends with Jane's father, Henry )
If Mrs. Reagan doesn't object, than who am I to object?
Personally, I'll stand by my position that Miss Fonda reached the pinnacle of her skills as an "actress" in Barbarella, and it's been all down hill from there....
First of all, it should be noted that she's not playing Nancy Reagan in The Ronnie and Nancy Story (she's way too long in the tooth for that) she's playing a relatively small role in a movie that covers more than 30 years in the White House...
When the story first came out, I recall seeing a quote from Mrs. Reagan, where she herself did not object...(Nancy Reagan, the former Nancy Davis, used to be an actress herself; and despite their political differences, she and her husband were good friends with Jane's father, Henry )
If Mrs. Reagan doesn't object, than who am I to object?
Personally, I'll stand by my position that Miss Fonda reached the pinnacle of her skills as an "actress" in Barbarella, and it's been all down hill from there....
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Like Meryl Streep playing iron-butt-lady Thatcher?Joe Guy wrote:Oh the humanity!
How could someone in hollywood be allowed to play the part of someone who has differing political views than the person she is portraying?
.. "
yrs,
rubato
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Two best actress Oscars and many notable films:
Fun with Dick and Jane (really funny comedy re-made recently)
A dolls house.
9 to 5
The morning after.
Old Gringo
A very good career in film.
yrs,
rubato
Fun with Dick and Jane (really funny comedy re-made recently)
A dolls house.
9 to 5
The morning after.
Old Gringo
A very good career in film.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Jim, do not open this thread if you value your sanity
Lord Jim wrote:I read about this several months ago and chose not to post about it...
First of all, it should be noted that she's not playing Nancy Reagan in The Ronnie and Nancy Story (she's way too long in the tooth for that) she's playing a relatively small role in a movie that covers more than 30 years in the White House...
When the story first came out, I recall seeing a quote from Mrs. Reagan, where she herself did not object...(Nancy Reagan, the former Nancy Davis, used to be an actress herself; and despite their political differences, she and her husband were good friends with Jane's father, Henry )
If Mrs. Reagan doesn't object, than who am I to object?Personally, I'll stand by my position that Miss Fonda reached the pinnacle of her skills as an "actress" in Barbarella, and it's been all down hill from there....
Ditto, we only know what Fonda was we don’t know what she is now. Only she knows that, but I suspect she is an unprincipled opportunist.
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