Is it me or do biopic movies seem to be heating up the big screen lately?
Well you can add another to that list as Warner Bros. just acquired the rights to A. Scott Berg's biography Wilson about the life of our 28th President. The film will be produced through Leonardo DiCaprio's production company Appian Way, with DiCaprio being the potential star.*
Wilson unfortunately tends to be one of those forgotten Presidents, although his actions in office had serious effects on the world as we know it today. He was President during WWI and established the League of Nations, which eventually became the United Nations.
I'm not sure if I would buy DiCaprio as Woodrow Wilson, but the guy has already played Howard Hughes and J. Edgar Hoover so I'm sure he could pull it off. At this point DiCaprio could probably play Susan B. Anthony and pull it off.
DiCaprio can next be seen in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street due out mid-November.
*Interestingly enough, there's long been talk of DiCaprio playing the 26th President of the United States, Teddy Roosevelt, but the project remains in development Hell.
Sign me up. Presidential biopics could be a treasure trove of good movies, and we already had our first great one.
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