Plame movie in works
posted at 12:04 pm on March 2, 2007 by Ian
The husband and wife team who just won’t go away. No, I’m not talking about the Clintons, I’m talking about the “outted” former CIA employee:
Warner Bros. is developing a feature on the lives of Valerie Plame and Ambassador Joseph Wilson, the married couple drawn into a D.C. firestorm.
Plame’s status as a CIA agent was revealed by White House officials allegedly out to discredit her husband after he wrote a 2003 New York Times op-ed piece saying that the Bush administration had manipulated intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to justify the invasion of Iraq.
Exit question: Who should play Joseph Wilson and Valerie Wilson Plame? I’m thinking Dusty Hoffman as the former Ambassador.
Anyways, guess who will be hosting a People for the American Way event for Plame?
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Well, it was already a TV show: Alias.
Jim Treacher on March 2, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Any chance the movie will be a comedy depicting Plame as the long suffering wife/secret agent and Wilson as the loveable goof of a husband that goes about town spilling the beans and breaking her cover at times so inappropriate and embarassing, that they are Ben Stiller-esque comedy gold?
I’d watch that.
Or will this simply be a serious POS?
Jones Zemkophill on March 2, 2007 at 12:09 PM
At last, the real story behind the headlines.
saint kansas on March 2, 2007 at 12:11 PM
You know in the movie version, she’ll have to flee from terrorists when her “cover” is blown by the “evil” politicians. Bombs, guns, running, and car chases, it will be great thriller.
High Desert Wanderer on March 2, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Why can’t people wait a decent interval between the time something happens and the movie version thereof. I am certain that the Anna Nicole Smith story is being scripted as we speak.
Bitch, bitch, bitch….
honora on March 2, 2007 at 12:18 PM
If attitude counts either Rosie or Joy Joy will play Plamer.
bbz123 on March 2, 2007 at 12:19 PM
Since when was Armitage a White House official?
RushBaby on March 2, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Technically speaking, none of the stuff in Wilson’s book has actually happened yet.
saint kansas on March 2, 2007 at 12:21 PM
True Liess II
“The Plame Game”
“It was better than cats!”
-Leonard Maltin
Max Power on March 2, 2007 at 12:26 PM
They just want to be left alone!
Slublog on March 2, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Talk about beating a dead horse.
Griz on March 2, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Maybe we could take up a collection to buy these two idiots a sense of shame….
…or not.
Lonevoice on March 2, 2007 at 12:30 PM
They already made it…it was called “Austin Powers”.
right2bright on March 2, 2007 at 12:31 PM
The alleged spy who let Joe Wilson shag her. Yeah, baby!
Kid from Brooklyn on March 2, 2007 at 12:33 PM
I can see it now….
FADE IN:
INT. CIA HEADQUARTERS. MAIN ENTRY HALL. DAY
ZOOM ON on the “Wall of Fallen Agents” (un-named, of course)
VOICE OVER of VALERIA PLAME.
VALERIE:
My name is Valeria Plame. No, not “Flame”. Or “Plane”! “Plame”! “Valierie PLAME”!!! And please, no “Boss, -De Plame, De Plame!!” jokes!!!!
Yes, I worked for the CIA. (PAUSE)
Yes, the one’s who failed to predict or stop 9/11.
Yes, the same one’s who failed to predict or take proper realpolitik advantage of the Fall of the Soviet Union.
And, no, we never solved the JFK assassination, either. (PAUSE)
(SOTTO VOCE) I don’t know if Oswald was an agent. You’re not supposed to ‘out’ an agent even -OR ESPECIALLY- if you know they are a member of the Company.
The CIA’s record, yes, is generally abysmal.
We haven’t gotten much right.
In fact, 9/11 should have gotten us 90% of us fired.
But, here’s a story you can believe.
Why should you trust us now? (BEAT)
Well… because I hate Bush.
And I’m married to a hunk who hates him even more.
SOUND: STOCK “stirring patriotic theme” swells on last line.
TITLES: “YELLOWCAKE, YELLOWCAKE”
TITLE MUSIC: “MELLOW YELLOW” (by Donovan Leitch, as sung by
Bono Vox and Madonna)
profitsbeard on March 2, 2007 at 12:34 PM
Randy Quaid and Nicole Richie.
James on March 2, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Alec Baldwin and Ugly Betty?
RushBaby on March 2, 2007 at 12:39 PM
Cast list
Wilson: Dana Carvey
Plame: David Spade
RightWinged on March 2, 2007 at 12:40 PM
Bite your tongue!
But you’re probably right…
Slublog on March 2, 2007 at 12:40 PM
Who should play Joseph Wilson and Valerie…?
A turd and Paris Hilton’s little dog.
georgej on March 2, 2007 at 12:43 PM
The silver lining here is that it is another opportunity to expose these people for the frauds they are- much as Clinton’s censorship of The Path to 9-11 did him much more harm than good.
Valiant on March 2, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Oh man, I can’t wait to see a movie about paper pusher who gets outed by a low level white house staffer, who isn’t really outted, but the staffer is put on trial anyways. The 8 day jury deliberations will be AWESOME!
lorien1973 on March 2, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Anne Coulter. Mwahaha!
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on March 2, 2007 at 12:54 PM
Would you believe, Agent 86 (Maxwell Smart) and Agent 99?
Jeff on March 2, 2007 at 12:57 PM
“This movie could win an Oscar.” — Al Gore
Labamigo on March 2, 2007 at 1:09 PM
I’m voting for Brad Pitt as Joe Wilson. James Gandolfini can play the CIA agent who notifies him that he’s been selected for a secret mission. Now all you have to do is recut and dub over the scene from True Romance with Floyd on the couch with the honey bong and Soundgarden blasting. “Mr. Wilson, do you know where Niger is?” “Yeah its right next to the Beverly Ambassador. You take a left…no wait…a right…hey you want to take a hit?”
BohicaTwentyTwo on March 2, 2007 at 1:10 PM
Wilson: Woody Allen
Valerie Plame: Kelly Pickler
George on March 2, 2007 at 1:11 PM
Olberman is jockying for position to play Joe Plame. His first silver screen roll (his nipples are erect as we speak).
Other possible actors could be:
Joe Wilson : Harland Williams
Val Wilson : Rachel Dratch
natesnake on March 2, 2007 at 1:18 PM
William Shatner
&
Rosie O’Donnell
natesnake on March 2, 2007 at 1:21 PM
Wilson: Charles Nelson Reilly
Plame: Helen Thomas
JackM on March 2, 2007 at 1:25 PM
Joe: Nick Nolte
Val: Anna Nicole Smith
Labamigo on March 2, 2007 at 1:32 PM
I smell a Grammy, no Oscar, no two new faces in Mount Rushmore!
Nah, over the top. How about a Hollywood star on the walk of
Plfame!Kini on March 2, 2007 at 1:32 PM
Susan Sarandon for Plame.
aengus on March 2, 2007 at 1:54 PM
I wonder if the movie will include any of the actual facts:
Should I hold my breath? Will they issue and “Truth Credits”?
PinkyBigglesworth on March 2, 2007 at 2:00 PM
These scenes are sure to thrill.
Joe sipping tanguray and tonics in a hotel lobby in the Congo.
Valerie surfing the internet and reading internal memos at a desk in Langley.
Yeesh.
Rich on March 2, 2007 at 2:04 PM
FYI, I have the trailer up at JYB.
see-dubya on March 2, 2007 at 2:08 PM
LOL! My eyes are watering. Rich. Very rich.
warriorlawyer on March 2, 2007 at 2:16 PM
Warren Beatty and Madona
Entelechy on March 2, 2007 at 2:19 PM
I smell Oscar!
Mayer. ‘Cause Oscar Mayer has a way…
saint kansas on March 2, 2007 at 2:29 PM
Here’s my vote for title: Yellowcake Madness
BohicaTwentyTwo on March 2, 2007 at 2:38 PM
Wilson: A Soccer Ball
Plame: Richard Simmons
fogw on March 2, 2007 at 2:59 PM
It should be a musical. No, wait – I hate musicals. Oh, go ahead with the musical – I would have hated this film anyway.
LB - the one that isn't LaShawn Barber on March 2, 2007 at 3:12 PM
The most boring story ever told.
tommy1 on March 2, 2007 at 4:02 PM
Wilson: An inanimate carbon rod.
Plame: A bag filled with scum.
x95b10 on March 2, 2007 at 4:26 PM
Powers
Readymade on March 2, 2007 at 5:01 PM
ha. You owe me a hat tip.
;)
Karl on March 2, 2007 at 5:08 PM
Hollwyood will likely want Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, but I think Danny Devito and Rhea Perlman is better.
Karl on March 2, 2007 at 5:25 PM
I’m with you, Tommy, how much more boring can it get?
But I can’t wait to see the Geico Caveman TV show!
Tony737 on March 2, 2007 at 6:49 PM
I’d like to see more cerebral actors in both roles, so I wanna see Keanu Reeves as Joe Wilson and Hilary Duff as Valerie Plame.
Teddy on March 2, 2007 at 7:07 PM
The only Anna Nicole Smith show I want to see is “Cold Case Files” explaining why the infant daughter of a dead woman and half-sister to a dead brother, who were in line to inherit millions of dollars is now in the hands of someone who was present at the untimely deaths of the two and who stands to cash in big time. How clever, to be parked in a country that doesn’t have the police forensics we have available here. Maybe, “COPS – Caribbean.”
Will they show the scene in the movie where Joe Wilson is sitting next to the hotel pool in Niger, tanning, sucking down tea for a week, schmoozing with has-been, no longer in touch former Nigerien government ministers? Not exactly “Action Man.”
naliaka on March 2, 2007 at 8:07 PM
Obviously, Oliver Stone will be the director of this lie-fest complete with bogus depictions of Bush and Cheney concocting a conspiracy in the Oval Office. Then Stone can move on do his next movie, “The Real Killer,” which exonerates OJ and reveals that Nixon cut Nicole’s throat.
Tantor on March 2, 2007 at 10:01 PM
Joe Wilson: Eddie Murphy
Valerie Plame: Eddie Murphy
mikeyboss on March 3, 2007 at 2:14 AM