- EL PRESIDENTE
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| Tom Cruise & Robert Downey Jr. |
Tom Cruise and Robert Downey Jr. coming off Mission:
Impossible-Ghost Protocol and the box office smashing, The Avengers,
respectively, both are looking at the possibility of reteaming (The pair both
starred in Ben Stiller’s comedy hit Tropic Thunder), for director Jay Roach’s
action/comedy El Presidente.
Roach is the director behind a few successful comedy films
including the Austin Powers trilogy, Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers and
he also helmed the upcoming political satire The Campaign, which stars Will
Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis.
It appears that El Presidente will also have a political
slant, as according to Vulture:
“It 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.”
Warner Bros. is keen to get the film going with Cruise
playing the Secret Service agent and Downey Jr. taking on the role of the
President.
The combination of mixing them together could lead to some
very interesting on-screen chemistry, and probably a whole lot of laughs!
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