American Psycho

Oliver Stone's new biopic of Dubya, W., might have some "script problems". With a director like Stone, this is normally the sort of project that Sony or Warner Bros. get involved in, because of the prestige associated with a director like Stone, and it's a useful tax write-off. If the film sucks, there really isn't any benefit for Sony or Warner Bros., which might explain why Lions Gate entertainment has gotten involved:

Rookie production company QED International (who financed the portrait of a man who cares very little about his legacy) showed up at the Cannes market with a film that made many people intially bulked at, but they found a domestic release partner in Lionsgate Films who might have something to cheer about in end October, this would be well-received news especially after the recent news of an ugly quarterly report.

I'm not so sure why Lionsgate would want to get involved. They fund low budget fare like Crank, Hostel, and House of a Thousand Corpses. Even if those films don't do well theatrically, Lionsgate invariably turns a profit when they get released on DVD.

But who, exactly, is going to want to see W. in theaters or buy it on DVD? People who hate Bush don't want to sit through a two or three hour dramatization of his life, and the kind of people who support Dubya think Oliver Stone is a raving pinko. Memo to the film executives over at Lionsgate: lay off the Bolivian marching powder.