Vulture is reporting that director Jay Roach (the Austin Powers movies, HBO’s Game Change) is in talk to direct El Presidente for Warner Brothers.
From Vulture:
“[El Presidente] follows an overzealous Secret Service agent whose work-life boundary issues get him reassigned to the inglorious task of guarding America’s worst former president, who is a bumbling sleaze. The job suddenly becomes exciting when a threat is made on the ex-president’s life and they must go on the run.”
The big news on this one is the possible casting of the two leads. If all goes as planned Tom Cruise will play the Secret Service agent and Robert Downey Jr. will play the ex-prez. Sounds like a good combo to me. Cruise hasn’t done much comedy, but it appears he’ll be the straight man here.
The script for El Presidente was written by Parks and Recreations‘ Dan Goor.
SOURCE: Vulture
