HBO Films Adapting 'All The Way' with Bryan Cranston as LBJ

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/hbo...cranston-starring-steven-spielberg-producing/

HBO Films Nabs Adaptation Of LBJ Play ‘All The Way’ With Bryan Cranston Starring & Steven Spielberg Producing
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

HBO Films has landed the rights to Robert Schenkkan’s play All The Way, which last month won the Tony for best play and best leading actor in Bryan Cranston. Emmy winner Cranston will reprise his role as President Lyndon Johnson, with Pulitzer Prize-winner Schenkkan writing the adaptation. The film will be produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television as well as Tale Told Prods. and Moon Shot Entertainment, with Spielberg, Darryl Frank & Justin Falvey, Schenkkan and Cranston executive producing and James Degus co-executive producing.

As Deadline reported last month, Spielberg recently optioned the play with the intention of adapting it for TV with Cranston as the star. Him teaming with HBO is not a surprise given their long history with the Emmy-winning epic miniseries Band Of Brothers and The Pacific, the latter of which Schenkkan worked on as a writer and co-producer.

All The Way gives a behind-the-scenes look at Johnson’s tumultuous first year in office as he takes the oath in the wake of President Kennedy’s assassination, navigates the escalation of the Vietnam War, and balances opposing interests to launch his landmark civil rights bill and win election to his first full presidential term. Cranston, again nominated for an Emmy for his acclaimed performance on AMC’s Breaking Bad, will soon begin production on Jay Roach’s Trumbo in the title role of Dalton Trumbo, the successful Hollywood screenwriter whose career came to an end when he was blacklisted in the 1940s McCarthy era for being a Communist.

Amblin’s series portfolio includes Under The Dome, Extant, Falling Skies, The Americans and the upcoming Red Band Society and Public Morals.

Never saw the play, but it's Cranston, so

 

[DA_Champion]

Bryan Cranston as Lyndon Johnson?

That's a strange casting, Cranston doesn't give off that alpha male vibe, he's more of a very convincing beta. Also he doesn't look anything like LNJ, LBJ was 6'4, Bryan Cranston is 5'10.

Very few actors could pull off LBJ admittedly. Liam Neeson would have been a better choice.

 

[Sawyer]

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Plus, he won a Tony for it, so he must have done something right.

 

[flickchick85]

He won rave reviews and a Tony for this performance, one I was dying to see on stage, so I can't wait to see this adaptation.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

Praise the lord, since I'm not in the US, I had zero hope to ever see the play, thank you HBO !

 

[dark_b]

i hope they have Cranston in white underwear as a homage to Malcolm in the Middle.

 

[terry78]

Bryan Cranston as Lyndon Johnson?

That's a strange casting, Cranston doesn't give off that alpha male vibe, he's more of a very convincing beta. Also he doesn't look anything like LNJ, LBJ was 6'4, Bryan Cranston is 5'10.

Very few actors could pull off LBJ admittedly. Liam Neeson would have been a better choice.

All the more reason he'd probably hit it out the park, you don't expect it.

 

[Schlosser85]

Glad to see Cranston still going strong after Breaking Bad.

 

[Sawyer]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssss. Dat makeup.

 

[Schlosser85]

With that makeup, he looks a surprising amount like LBJ.

 

[DDS]

Bryan Cranston as Lyndon Johnson?

That's a strange casting, Cranston doesn't give off that alpha male vibe, he's more of a very convincing beta. Also he doesn't look anything like LNJ, LBJ was 6'4, Bryan Cranston is 5'10.

Very few actors could pull off LBJ admittedly. Liam Neeson would have been a better choice.

Heisenberg at full force was all alpha (until it all came crashing down on him).

 

[flickchick85]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssss. Dat makeup.

Whoa. That's one Emmy in the bag already.

 

[danoyse]

I saw the play last year, and he was incredible. Can’t wait to see the movie.

 

[danoyse]

i hope they have Cranston in white underwear as a homage to Malcolm in the Middle.

He did have a scene in his boxers in the play...