Gotta feel a little sorry for Ivan Reitman tonight because the news has just broke at
Vulture that
Bill Murray has signed on to lead
Roger Michell's incesterous historical drama
Hyde Park on Hudson, about a weekend in the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt that shoots this July, which can only mean one of two things; 1) He still hasn't read the script for
Ghostbusters 3 and at this point looks like he'll never drum up the interest to flick through it. 2) He has read it, and thought it was shite. Announced as a go-project
just last week, Hyde Park on Hudson was written by
Richard Nelson and centers on the 1939 infamous scandal when President Franklin D. Roosevelt shared an incestuous relationship with his distant cousin, Daisy at his upstate New York home. Film4 are funding this movie which has a large supporting role for King George VI (who Colin Firth won an Oscar for portraying this year) and Queen Elizabeth who history tell us were the first reigning British monarchs to step foot in the States on that eventful weekend. Clearly the movie was a quick greenlight was The King's Speech became a mammoth success. So a juicy dramatic leading role for Murray to sink his teeth into and the kind of movie that usually has Oscar buzz floating around it. He's only been Oscar nominated in his career once for his superb turn in 2004's Lost in Translation, who would bet against him pushing for a second here? Though with the director of Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral helming, the chances are this could be a broad comedy. We'd certainly hope not and are reminded Michell made Enduring Love...