Let's cast the George Santos movie, which is in the works
The meteoric political rise of George Santos and the web of fabulist tales it was built on are getting a movie treatment. HBO Films has optioned the rights to Mark Chiusano’s new book The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing, and Very American Legend of George Santos, which was published on November 28, 2023.
The film, now in development, is described as a forensic and darkly comic look at the crazy, unprecedented congressional race on Long Island that led to Santos being elected to Congress. It comes from Frank Rich, who executive produced HBO’s Emmy-winning Washington DC satire Veep as well as the network’s Emmy-winning drama Succession.
Written by Mike Makowsky (HBO’s Bad Education), the film tells the story of a seemingly minor local race that wound up a battle for the soul of Long Island, and unexpectedly carved the path for the world’s most famous (and now disgraced) congressman. It follows the Gatsby-esque journey of a man from nowhere who exploited the system, waged war on truth and swindled one of the wealthiest districts in the country to achieve his American Dream.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 3, 2023 9:38 PM
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Beanie Feldstein as Elise Stefanik
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 3, 2023 6:05 AM
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Gay Jonathan Bailey as anti-gay House Speaker Mike Johnson.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 3, 2023 6:06 AM
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Reading is fundamental. The movie is about his CAMPAIGN not his time in Congress.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 3, 2023 6:11 AM
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Gatsby-esque......roflmao
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 3, 2023 6:14 AM
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Fat Cole Sprouse, but slightly fatter. And then even fatter.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 3, 2023 6:26 AM
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Anybody but Bowen Yang in the lead.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 3, 2023 6:29 AM
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Nazi Edmund Heines, who was killed in the Night of the Long Knives purge
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 3, 2023 6:30 AM
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Jon Lovitz pioneered the look and the serial lying of this sociopath.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 3, 2023 7:21 AM
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Agreed R7. Bowen Yang isn't that good as George Santos.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 3, 2023 7:46 AM
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Donald Trump as the Trump University professor that taught the Grifting 101 class that inspired Santos.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 3, 2023 8:10 AM
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There’s only one answer. Nico Santos, this is your moment
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 3, 2023 8:21 AM
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Not much of a rise in politics, he snuck in by completely misrepresenting himself.
The media is distracted and no one had the time or interest to identify who this person is before he was in office
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 3, 2023 11:42 AM
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Harvey Guillen as Santos. He was the medical examiner in season1 of Reacher series. A perfect match physically .
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 3, 2023 12:11 PM
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Jussie Smollett as George, who will return the favor by playing Jussie in the made-for-tv movie about him.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | December 3, 2023 12:48 PM
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The media isn't capable of offering any reporting about meaningful subjects.
It's your responsibility to educate yourself about the candidates who put themselves forward to represent you and your community.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 3, 2023 12:53 PM
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Tommy Do from Instagram in a fat suit would be a great Santos.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 3, 2023 1:09 PM
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R18, he's way better than Yang.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | December 3, 2023 1:11 PM
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R11, well George did claim to be part black...
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 3, 2023 5:19 PM
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Tracey Ullman as everyone.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 3, 2023 5:36 PM
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Stephen Furst would have been perfect back in the day.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 3, 2023 6:50 PM
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Tracy Flick IS George Santos!
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 3, 2023 9:38 PM
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