But as time has passed and my understanding of political realities has grown, I’ve come to see LBJ in a very different light. At the time LBJ was the target of most of my generation’s anti-Vietnam War anger. “Tim and Trevor White did a great job developing this project and Joey’s screenplay truly captures the soul of Johnson as he navigates this turbulent time with a government and a country in crisis,” George said.Īdded Reiner: “During the '60s, I was a hippy, and Lyndon Johnson was my president. CAA, which reps Reiner, Harrelson and Hartstone, is selling the film domestically. Voltage Pictures is handling international sales.
Bell, Susan Lanot, Danny Roth, Damiano Tucci, Michael Tadross Jr. Executive producers include Martin Shafer, Elizabeth A. Matthew George is producing the film alongside Reiner, Liz Glotzer, Michael R. The project starring Harrelson was originally developed by brothers Tim and Trevor White and is being financed by Acacia Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings, Parkside Pictures, ITS Capital and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC). LBJ is being produced by Acacia Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings, Castle Rock Entertainment and Star Thrower Entertainment. Read More: The Day Chris Kyle Died: Text Messages and Terror in the 'American Sniper's' Final Hours With Killer Eddie Ray Routh
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He also will be tackled by Bryan Cranston in the HBO TV movie All the Way (Cranston won a Tony playing the late president on Broadway in a stage version of All the Way). He was portrayed by Tom Wilkinson as a somewhat unsympathetic figure in Ava DuVernay’s Selma. Johnson, who was known as "LBJ" for short, has become a character ripe for the screen in recent years. With political battles on both sides of the aisle, Johnson struggles to heal a nation and secure his legacy by passing the historic Civil Rights Act. LBJ centers on the political upheaval that Vice President Johnson faced when he was thrust into the presidency at the hands of an assassin's bullet in November 1963. Filming is slated to begin in September in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Dallas and Washington. Written by Joey Hartstone, the drama chronicles the Southern politician's rise to become the 36th president of the United States. Woody Harrelson is being sworn in as former president Lyndon Baines Johnson in the Rob Reiner-helmed film LBJ.
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