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This British series premiered on January 11, 2019. It introduced us to the intriguing world of hypersexual high school students seeking clarity and personal growth alongside a captivating mix of rising stars and recognizable figures. It made us all embark on a thrilling journey.

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Mae Whitman and Alexis Bledel will star as Karl Rove and Lee Atwater in a live staged reading of Wes Jones’ script “College Republicans,” which topped the Black List in 2010. Tyler Hoechlin, Skylar Astin, Chace Crawford, Zach Woods and Shannon Woodward will also star in the reading, which will take place at the Montalban Theater in Hollywood on April 23, 2016 at 8 p.m. In Jones’ buddy comedy based on true events, aspiring politician Karl Rove (Whitman) wants to become the next national chairman of the College Republicans — but the odds are stacked against him. He and his new...

British actor George MacKay is set to replace Dane DeHaan in “Young Americans,” which has now been retitled to “College Republicans,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. Dane DeHaan was attached to star as Karl Rove in John Krokidas’ sophomore feature. The film also stars Daniel Radcliffe and Amanda Seyfried. “Unfortunately, I don’t think that movie is really going to work out, at least for me,” DeHaan told TheWrap. “It’s a movie I’ve been really passionate about for a long time, and it looked like it was coming together so many times, but it...

Harry Potter has turned to the dark side in "Imperium"! Actually, he's pulling a Snape. In the upcoming movie, Daniel Radcliffe plays an FBI analyst who goes undercover in a group of neo-Nazis who are trying to construct a dirty bomb.

Entertainment Weekly shared the first official photo from the movie, which just started filming Richmond, Va, and Dan also posted the full pic on his Google+ page:

And here's Dan on set, obviously with a bit more hair:

Super Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe First look from Film Imperium, Behind the set of Upcoming Film's Set 'Imperium' pic.twitter.com/zsPXjNNIPS

- Daniel Radcliffe Fc (@DanielFClub) September 21, 2015

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The shaved head is a very different look from all that extra hair in "Gamechangers," where he plays one of the creators of the video game series "Grand Theft Auto.

If a '70s road trip adventure with Karl Rove and Lee Atwater is what you like to see at the multiplex, get ready. The long-delayed Young Americans, previously titled College Republicans and Young Republicans, has now come together with Kill Your Darlings stars Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan reuniting with both one another and director John Krokidas to play Atwater and Rove, respectively. With StarStream Media committed to produce and finance, and Xyz Films selling the movie at Cannes, Young Americans tells the true story of two ambitious college buddies who go on a road trip cross-country and "tarnish the American dream one state at a time." They travel from "the South all the way to the White House in a crash course of dirty tricks and politics." DeHaan's Rove is portrayed as "the straight-laced and ambitious student who was running for the head of the College Republicans" and...

Dane DeHaan and Daniel Radcliffe are reuniting with their Kill Your Darlings director John Krokidas to play the young Republican consultant Karl Rove and strategist Lee Atwater alongside Amanda Seyfried.

Xyz Films will handle international sales in Cannes on the story, based on true events surrounding a wild road trip the two friends undertook in the 1970s.

In Young Americans the cross-country journey becomes something of a crash course in dirty tricks as the pair encounter a young political femme fatale.

Bruce Cohen and Liz Destro of Destro Films are producing alongside Kim Leadford of StarStream Media and Frank Frattaroli of Circle Of Confusion.

UTA Independent packaged the film and will be representing North American rights.

Principal photography is scheduled to kick off in autumn.

Young Americans marks the third collaboration between StarStream and Xyz Films after Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers and Jeff Baena’s Life After Beth.

Young Americans has finally come together. Previously titled College Republicans and then Young Republicans, the film is based on true events from the 1970s and follows future political heavies Karl Rove and Lee Atwater “on a wild road-trip through the South all the way to the White House in a crash course of dirty tricks and politics.” According to Deadline, the movie now has the funding to go forward. Director John Krokidas will reteam with his Kill Your Darlings stars Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan, who will star as Atwater and Rove, respectively. Atwater is the more “free-wheeling” of the two while Rove was “a straight-laced and ambitious student who was running for the head of the College Republicans.” Amanda Seyfried will co-star as “Kate King, a young political femme fatale they meet along the way who secretly threatens to beat the boys at their own game.” The movie is...

Amanda Seyfried has joined the cast of “Young Americans,” which stars Daniel Radcliffe as Lee Atwater and Dane Dehaan as Karl Rove. Seyfried’s casting comes with the news announced Friday that StarStream Media will finance and produce the road-trip buddy movie directed by John Krokidas (“Kill Your Darlings”) and written by Wes Jones. Based on true events from the 1970s, “Young Americans” follows Atwater and Rove on a wild road trip through the South all the way to the White House in a crash course of dirty tricks and politics. Seyfried joins the party as a young political femme...

Exclusive: The road trip movie about future Republican Party strategists Karl Rove and Lee Atwater is ready to hit the road this fall, now that it has a full tank of gas. StarStream Media has committed to finance and produce Young Americans, a Black Listed Wes Jones-scripted film that reunites Kill Your Darlings director John Krokidas with Daniel Radcliffe (who’ll play Atwater) and Dane DeHaan (who’ll play Rove). Amanda Seyfried has also been set to star in the film…...

After messing with politics both dramatically and comedically with Game Change and The Campaign respectively, director Jay Roach is looking to switch things up by venturing into action comedy. THR has word that the director of the Austin Powers trilogy is attached to direct Mad Dogs, an adaptation of the book of the same name by James Grady. The book, which is being used as a jumping off point for the big screen story described as The Hangover meets One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Wes Jones, who wrote the 2010 Black Listed script College Republicans, will write the script, and this one sounds like a lot of fun. The story will follow three dysfunctional guys working low-level jobs in U.S. Intelligence who have been deemed crazy and sent to a government mental hospital for spies. Convinced someone wants them dead, they hatch an escape plan. It’s obvious they...

Warner Bros. has picked up Mad Dogs, an action-comedy package that adapts a novel from Six Days of the Condor author James Grady. Jay Roach is attached to direct the project while Wes Jones, a well-regarded screenwriter whose script College Republicans topped the 2010 Black List, will pen the adaptation. Dan Lin, who produced the award-winning The Lego Movie with Roy Lee, is on board to produce via his Lin Pictures banner. The company’s Mark Bauch will executive produce. Using the book as a jumping-off point, the story centers on three dysfunctional guys working low-level

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In what's bound to be the latest in a string of enormously successful Ya adaptations,  R.J. Palacio's debut novel, Wonder, is getting the big-screen treatment. Kill Your Darlings helmer John Krokidas has signed on to direct the film with a script by Jack Thorne, EW has confirmed. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the news. Palacio's 2012 novel follows the story of Auggie Pullman, a 10-year-old boy with a severe facial deformity and the struggles he faces when he attends public school for the first time after being home-schooled his entire life. Krokidas made his feature directorial debut with 2013's Kill Your Darlings,...

Jon Stewart found a new person to take Donald Sterling's place in the “unforced error spotlight”: Karl Rove. The “Daily Show” host took the Republican strategist to task for claiming the former Secretary of State may have experienced a brain injury when she was hospitalized for a blood clot last December. Also read: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan Attached to Play Lee Atwater, Karl Rove in ‘College Republicans’ (Exclusive) “Unanswered questions! An attempted cover-up! My god, it's ‘Brainghazi,'” Stewart said. Also read: Hillary Rodham Clinton Dodges a Shoe Thrown by Heckler (Video) “We need to know the truth! Brainghazi!

Because maybe you’re sick of seeing the same five John Wayne movies over and over again, pilgrim, the fates have aligned and given you something else you and your dad can watch together. Dane DeHaan and Daniel Radcliffe, those young sports who played a college-age Lucien Carr and Allen Ginsberg, respectively, in last year’s Kill Your Darlings, will play a timewarped Karl Rove and Lee Atwater in the buddy comedy of dear old dad’s dreams. College Republicans, which actually comes from the Kill Your Darlings team (directed by Darlings‘ John Krokidas) is the “based on true events” story from 1973 of the time when Rove (DeHaan) ran a dirty campaign to become the national College Republicans Chairman under the guidance of his campaign manager, Lee Atwater (Radcliffe). The gruesome twosome take a road trip together to find support for Rove’s candidacy. Zany. While the film is set up as a lighthearted story about two...

After teaming up last year for the Sundance selected drama Kill Your Darlings, young actors Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) are looking to reunite in two drastically different roles. After playing Allen Ginsberg and Lucien Carr respectively, Radcliffe and DeHaan are in talks to play Lee Atwater and Karl Rove in College Republicans, a film that once had Paul Dano and Shia Labeouf involved with Richard Linklater directing. Now The Wrap reports it will be Radcliffe and DeHaan's Kill Your Darlings director John Krokidas at the helm of the film which topped the Black List in 2010. Read on! The script comes from Wes Jones and took the top spot on the Black List amidst Oscar contenders like Argo, American Hustle and Margin Call. With flares of The Social Network, the film would follow a young Karl Rove (former White House Deputy Chief of Staff) as he vies...

Daniel Radcliffe clearly had a blast making Kill Your Darlings (he said as much on our Podcast, which you can find lurking at the bottom of the page). So it makes sense that he’d be seriously considering a reunion with director John Krokidas and co-star Dane DeHaan for College Republicans.If it all comes together – and various representatives have denied that it’s a done deal to The Wrap – the film would see Radcliffe and DeHaan playing the young Lee Atwater and Karl Rove long before they became powerbrokers in American politics.It would also represent a resurgent level of interest in Wes Jones’ script, which hit the Black List back in 2010 and later attracted the interest of Richard Linklater and Paul Dano as director and star, but then went quiet.The story is based on real events from the 1970s and follows Rove (DeHaan) as he runs a...

Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan have been attached to College Republicans.

Radcliffe has been linked to playing Lee Atwater and DeHaan is line for the role of Karl Rove in a film from director John Krokidas, reports The Wrap.

Written by Wes Jones, College Republicans is based on true events from 1973 about then-aspiring political strategist Rove (DeHaan).

Rove is guided by campaign manager Atwater (Radcliffe) to run a dirty campaign to become chairman of the National College Republicans. Rove and Atwater then take a road trip to gain support for their candidacy.

Radcliffe's rep denied the he is officially signed on for College Republicans, but revealed it is one of the roles that the Harry Potter star is considering. DeHaan's rep did not respond.

If Radcliffe and DeHaan agree to the project, College Republicans will reunite the actors and Krokidas after having all worked together on Kill Your Darlings.

Kill Your Darlings...

Is it just me or is this the week of reunions? First, Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell, then, Liam Neeson and Martin Scorsese, and now, Dane DeHaan, Daniel Radcliffe and John Krokidas. Yup, that’s right, the Kill Your Darlings trio will team up again to make College Republicans. The Wes Jones-penned script, which was on the 2010 Black List, has been making the rounds in Hollywood for a while now. Paul Dano and Shia Labeouf were actually set for the lead roles at one point but of course, that didn’t work out.

The film, which is being described as a buddy comedy, will tell the true story of “Karl Rove (DeHaan), who under the guidance of Lee Atwater (Radcliffe), runs a dirty campaign for for the College Republican Chairman in 1973.” Definitely sounds like interesting material for the two young actors and it’s great to see both...

Given Hollywood's focus more on things that go boom and sell toys, and less on dramas with human beings, it's probably not a total shock that "College Republicans" hasn't gained much traction since landing on the 2010 Black List. At one point Richard Linklater was attached to direct, with Shia Labeouf and Paul Dano linked to lead roles at various times, without anything ever coalescing. But the project is taking another swing at getting made, this time with a pair of compelling actors taking the starring roles. "Kill Your Darlings" pals Dane DeHaan and Daniel Radcliffe, will once again go to school together on the big screen. And that's not all. They're bringing their 'Darlings' director John Krokidas along to helm. Penned by Wes Jones, the film is based on the true story of Karl Rove (DeHaan), who, under the guidance of Lee Atwater (Radcliffe), runs a dirty campaign for for...

"Kill Your Darlings" actors Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan are re-teaming with director John Krokidas on his second feature, the true story buddy comedy "College Republicans".

Radcliffe would play Lee Atwater and DeHaan stars as Karl Rove in the 1973-set film in which aspiring politician Rove runs a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance of campaign manager Atwater (Radcliffe).

The pair go on a spirited road trip to drum up support for Rove's candidacy. Wes Jones wrote the script which ranked higher than the likes of "Argo" and "American Hustle" on the famed Black List.

Radcliffe's reps say he's not confirmed, the role is just one of several he's considering at this point. Shia Labeouf and Paul Dano were circling a previous version of the film.

Filming on the project aims to begin in November.

Source: The Wrap...

Here's today's latest casting news: Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan (Chronicle) are set for College Republicans, with John Krokidas directing. Gillian Jacobs (Community) and Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels) will join the Blumhouse thriller, Visions, directed by Kevin Greutert. Kevin Connolly will direct Jessica Alba (Sin City) in The Wright Girls, inspired by the 2003 Japanese film 2Ldk. Hit the jump for more on each casting announcement. The Wrap reports that Radcliffe and DeHaan will star in College Republicans, along with the revelation that Krokidas will be directing. A rep from Radcliffe's camp denied the casting and DeHaan's people didn't respond, but if it turns out to be true, than the Kill Your Darlings team would reunite to take on the Wes Jones Black List script. "Based on true events from 1973, the story finds aspiring politician Karl Rove (DeHaan) running a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance...

An all out “Kill Your Darlings” reunion may be brewing, as The Wrap reports director John Krokidas is now talking to his two stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan, about playing Lee Atwater and Karl Rove, respectively, in “College Republicans,” a long gestating political comedy that may finally be moving along. The Wes Jones script [...]

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The team behind “Kill Your Darlings” is planning a reunion in another collegiate setting, as Daniel Radcliffe and Dane DeHaan are attached to star as Lee Atwater and Karl Rove, respectively, in John Krokidas’ sophomore feature “College Republicans,” multiple individuals familiar with the indie project have told TheWrap. A representative for the “Harry Potter” star denied that he was attached to the project, saying it’s one of several roles Radcliffe is considering. A representative for DeHaan did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Wes Jones wrote the script, which topped The Black List in 2010 and received more votes than.

For every movie that makes it all the way from someone's brain to the big screen, dozens are doomed to spend eternity in Hollywood purgatory — because, quite frankly, getting a major motion picture made is a total bitch.

Only a small fraction of screenplays ever catch the attention of a studio and get put into production, and as you'll see, even that is no guarantee they'll ever be finished. In the messy, ridiculously complicated and maddening process of getting movies made, sometimes even the best ideas slip through the cracks.

With that in mind, we've assembled a list of 15 potentially great movies that Hollywood has done some serious slacking on.

1. 'The Tourist'

A far cry from the forgettable Johnny Depp/Angelina Jolie movie of the same name, "The Tourist" is a famously beautiful script about a group of exiled aliens living human lives in Manhattan — think a darker,...

Following on from their success with Jackie Robinson biopic "42," Legendary Entertainment has picked up the film rights to Chris Ballard's baseball book "One Shot at Forever".

The story is set in 1971 and tells of a drought-ridden small Illinois town where a hippie English teacher reluctantly took on coaching duties for the high school baseball team.

Bucking conventions, the team, sporting long hair and warming up to Jesus Christ Superstar, ended up making the state finals where they played an established Chicago team.

The tone is said to be akin to a mix of "Bad News Bears," "Remember the Titans" and "Hoosiers". Wes Jones ("College Republicans") will adapt the script while Mike Tollin ("Coach Carter," "Varsity Blues") will produce.

Source: THR...

Paul Dano has become the latest actor to join Steve McQueen‘s Shame follow-up Twelve Years a Slave. Another movie about slavery (Django Unchained) already has a stellar cast that includes Chiwetel Ejiofor who plays the lead character, Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt. Twelve Years a Slave is based on the true accounts of Solomon Northup’s [...]

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Given that he's one of the more diverse and prolific filmmakers out there, it's been a disappointingly long four years without a new movie from Richard Linklater ("Me and Orson Welles" premiered at Tiff in 2008). Fortunately, the Austin, Texas-based filmmaker is back with "Bernie," a dark comedy which reunites him with two of his most memorable leads, Jack Black and Matthew McConaughey, that has picked up strong reviews and, opening in limited release last Friday, has been performing surprisingly well at the box office.

With "Bernie" expanding wider this weekend (read our review), it seemed like the perfect time to look over Linklater's diverse and eclectic career. He'd already made his mark by founding the Austin Film Society in 1985 (which has gone on to be the center of the industy in the Texas city), but since his debut with an ultra-low-budget student film in 1988, Linklater's tackled everything from romance to...

However Richard Linklater's 'College Republicans' "May Or May Not Happen" While other young actors might be chasing the next hot project, few of Paul Dano's colleagues boast the kind of resume he has already assembled thus far into his career. Earning early notice thanks to turns in "L.I.E." and "The Girl Next Door," he broke out with the comedy smash "Little Miss Sunshine" and has since worked with folks like Paul Thomas Anderson ("There Will Be Blood"), Spike Jonze ("Where The Wild Things Are"), Ang Lee ("Taking Woodstock"), James Mangold ("Knight & Day") and Jon Favreau ("Cowboys & Aliens"). Not bad. And in 2012, he's already showing off a diverse slate from the indie "For Ellen" (that recently premiered at Sundance) to Rian Johnson's forthcoming sci-fi trip "Looper." And next month, he spars with Robert De Niro in "Being Flynn."...

#34. For Ellen Director/Writer: So Yong KimProducers: Kim, Bradley Rust Gray and Jen GatienDistributor: Rights Available The Gist: When an aspiring young rock musician (Paul Dano) agrees to sign divorce papers with his estranged wife, he discovers he is not ready to forfeit all custody of his six-year-old daughter...(more) Cast: Paul Dano, Jon Heder, Jena Malone, Margarita Levieva and Dakota Johnson. List Worthy Reasons...: 2012 is the year of Paul Dano who reminds us why he is a sought after indie film lead. He has got Looper, He Loves Me, Being Flynn and this single parent drama in the can and he is working on Night Moves and gets to play Karl Rove in the blacklist favorite, College Republicans. Fans of Kim can breathe a collective sigh of relief -- after back to back consecutive years on our Top Most Anticipated List (#53 in 2010, #18 in 2011). Release Date/Status?: This...

With Christmas sneaking up again, it means a number of things, as far as the movies are concerned. Awards season gearing up, Top 10 lists and year-end coverage piling out, and, as has been the tradition for the last few years, the Black List, the annual collection of the best as-yet-unproduced screenplays that have been making the rounds of development executives, assitants and agents over the last twelve months. It's become something of a ticket to the fast-track in recent years, with scripts like "Lars and the Real Girl," "Juno" and "The Social Network" numbering among the high-placed scripts; last year's winner, "College Republicans," landed Richard Linklater to direct and Shia Laboeuf and Paul Dano to star as a result of its number one spot, although it's not yet gone before cameras. The La Times just landed this year's, as ever put together by Franklin Leonard, a VP at Overbrook Entertainment,...

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On the heels of its world premiere, the 10th anniversary reimagining of Richard Linklater's cult classic Slacker, Slacker 2011, joins Harris County native Robbie Pickering's Natural Selection and three other films at the 2011 Lone Star International Film Festival Nov. 9-13 in Fort Worth. Natural Selection, which premiered at SXSW 2011, is about a woman (Rachael Harris) who goes in search of her recently deceased husband's eldest biological son. Read Debbie Cerda's SXSW review for more details.Austin filmmaker Richard Linklater is set to direct the 1970s Karl Rove biopic, College Republicans. Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine) will star as a young Rove as he navigates his way to the top of the College Republican National Committee, under the guidance of Lee Atwater. According to TheWrap, filming begins in November in Austin. Fantastic Fest badgeholders can stop by the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz at 7 pm tonight (Sept.

One of director Richard Linklater’s first films, and his big breakthrough, was 1991’s Slacker, a movie about misfit young people in Austin, Texas. Many years and a storied film career later and Linklater finds himself aiming his focus at the youth set once again, but this time he’s looking at a decidedly different subset of the country’s up and comers. College Republicans is a biopic that follows the college careers of conservative political figures Karl Rove and Lee Atwater. Rove and Atwater are divisive figures to be sure, but even their most vicious critics would have to agree that slackers they are not. This might prove to be a chance for Linklater to change up his dreamy, slow moving storytelling style a bit and do something more kinetic and Social Network-y. College Republicans, written by Wes Jones, appeared on the 2010 Black List of best unproduced scripts in Hollywood, and...

Wes Jones' script College Republicans, a dramedy which centers on the early days of Republican strategist Karl Rove, made the Black List in 2010 and was soon rumored as a Richard Linklater film with Shia Labeouf possibly starring. Some things have changed, but it looks like the film is definitely going to happen. Rather than Shia taking the lead, it looks like Paul Dano will play the young Rove as he has some of his early experiences in national politics with Lee Atwater, who later became advisor and strategist to Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. The Wrap [1] says Dano is "officially attached" to play Rove, with the info coming from financing producer Maya Browne. The film will shoot in Austin in November, making it Linklater's immediate follow-up to his true-story murder comedy Bernie. The producer says the film ""is about when Karl Rove and Lee Atwater first met, which...

Paul Dano is attached to star as a young Karl Rove in Richard Linklater’s College Republicans, which is gearing up to shoot here in Austin, Texas this November.

The feature focuses on George W. Bush’s political strategist, Rove, as a college student vying for the coveted seat as chairman of the College Republican National Committee (Crnc). While Rove never actually received a college diploma, he did ultimately receive an official mandate from the eventual 43rd President, George H.W. Bush, after a tight, contentious election and a dirty campaign led by Bush Sr.’s strategist, political wunderkind Lee Atwater.

Rove and Atwater’s biographical road trip to drum up support — in a Ford Pinto, no less — is based on a script by Wes Jones that topped the 2010 Black List, an annual compilation of Hollywood’s most-liked screenplays. We gave the script high marks last year as the buzz grew...

Paul Dano is getting into politics — on the silver screen, that is. The "Little Miss Sunshine" star is spreading his dramedy wings to take on the lead role in the soon-to-shoot "College Republicans."

Helmed by Richard Linklater (of "Before Sunset" fame), the flick tells the story of the completely sketchy controversial young Karl Rove as he vies for the position of chief campus conservative under the guidance of Lee Atwater, who acts as Rove's campaign manager.

In case you've been living under a rock for the last 20 years, Rove is the somewhat unpopular (to put it nicely) politico who has worked behind the scenes for a staggering number of equally unpopular conservative leaders, most notably George H. W. Bush and his son.

Wes Jones' script first gathered some momentum when it landed on the 2010 Black List of top unproduced screenplays, but it's taken nearly a year to nail down...

Having already played a creepy, semi-charismatic practitioner of fanatical and manipulative gospel in "There Will Be Blood," Paul Dano should be well prepared to take on his new role.

According to The Wrap, Dano will play Karl Rove in a new film from director Richard Linklater called "College Republicans." Written by Wes Jones, the film will be about, "when Karl Rove and Lee Atwater first met, which is when Karl Rove ran for president of the College Republicans, and that's when they sort of discovered dirty tricks," producer Maya Browne said.

Rove later became George W. Bush's top political strategist, charting out his rise to the Presidency, many of his presidential decisions, and his re-election campaign. Bush affectionately referred to him as Turd Blossom.

It'll be a change of pace for Linklater, who is known for his romances "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset," alt films "Slacker" and "Dazed and Confused,...

Paul Dano has signed on to play a young Karl Rove in director Richard Linklater's College Republicans, filling the role that Shia Labeouf was eyeing, reports The Wrap.

Richard Linklater will direct from a script by Wes Jones.

As a senior adviser to George W. Bush, Karl Rove is considered "the architect" of the President's election and political dirty tricks, including involvement in the Valerie Plame affair.

Producer Maya Browne said:

"[The film] is about when Karl Rove and Lee Atwater first met, which is when Karl Rove ran for president of the College Republicans, and that's when they sort of discovered dirty tricks. It's interesting to see them take that journey together."

Production begins in late November in Austin, Texas.

Paul Dano ("Little Miss Sunshine," "There Will Be Blood") is officially attached to play a young Karl Rove in Richard Linklater's "College Republicans" at Bratt Entertainment reports The Wrap.

The story deals with how Karl Rove and Lee Atwater first met when Rove ran for president of the College Republicans.

Shia Labeouf had previously expressed interest in the role of Rove, the man considered "the architect" of President George W. Bush's election.

Wes Jones wrote the script while Maya Browne and Ginger Sledge are producing. Filming kicks off late November in Austin, Texas.

Paul Dano has been lucky enough to appear in some great films at a young age — including There Will Be Blood and Meek’s Cutoff – and now is stepping into the shoes of Karl Rove. TheWrap is reporting that he’ll play George W. Bush‘s senior advisor in College Republicans, a new film from Richard Linklater. Written by Wes Jones, the Black List script follows, according to producer Maya Browne, the time “when Karl Rove and Lee Atwater first met, which is when Karl Rove ran for president of the College Republicans, and that’s when they sort of discovered dirty tricks.”

For those who don’t know, Lee Atwater ended up serving as the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, and also advised Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush during their respective times as President. Shia Labeouf was apparently interested in taking the lead at one point; Browne...

Exclusive Paul Dano is officially attached to play one of the most notorious political operatives in recent American history -- a young Karl Rove -- in "College Republicans," TheWrap has learned. Richard Linklater, who has directed "Slacker" and "Dazed and Confused," is attached to direct.  As a senior adviser to the second President Bush, Rove was among the most polarizing figures in the West Wing. Producer Maya Browne told TheWrap on Tuesday that she is financing the movie through her Bratt Entertainment. Ginger Sledge also is producing. The movie begins shooting in Austin, Texas, in...

Karl Rove is easily one of the most polarising figures ever to (dis)grace American politics. The man who worked for Richard Nixon and George Hw Bush and helped get George W Bush elected president is a lightning rod for both celebration and scorn. And now his early years as a political manipulator are going to be explored by Richard Linklater in College Republicans, with There Will Blood’s Paul Dano playing the younger Rove.Wes Jones’s script, which landed on the 2010 Black List, follows Rove and fellow political thinker Lee Atwater (who would go on to advise Presidents Reagan and Bush as well as being chairman of the Republican National Committee) when they first meet after Rove drops out of the University of Utah to take a position with the College Republican National Committee. Atwater managed his campaign when Rove opted to run for national chairman of the Committee.

You may not know the name Wes Jones yet, but if his success continues, the screenwriter may become as well known as say, Allan Loeb ("Wall Street 2"), Aline Brosh McKenna ('The Devil Wears Prada"), Diablo Cody ("Juno"), or some of the other well-known now-established scribes who were scrappy up-and-comers a few years ago (super relative of course, not everyone knows these name compared to say Paddy Chayefsky, even then...we digress...). Jones is coming off a hit screenplay even before its been made. His most recent script, "College Republicans" which chronicles the nascent political career of Karl Rove (Shia Labeouf…...

Last month, we told you which scripts had made 2010’s Black List. Compiled every year by Hollywood insiders, the Black List is a list of the “most liked” or “best” unproduced scripts circling Hollywood. The script that got the most votes last year is called College Republicans and was written by Wes Jones. Republicans tracks aspiring politician Karl Rove’s dirty campaign for College Republican chairman. While that project hasn’t gone into production yet, Jones is currently busy pitching his next project called The Epic of Troy Night, and it’s a doozy. I’ll let 24 Frames explain the plot: “It's about a man seeking his love in a fantasy-world New York that's been plunged into a blackout — all while he's looked after by a set of 'Clash of the Titans'-esque rulers who play chess with the universe.” A bit out there, no? 24 Frames describes it as a “fantasy-comedy-existential-romance.

The Black List of 2010 continues with the second-half of the list showcasing the screenplays that received the most number of votes.

If you've missed the first half of the list you can find it here.

13 Votes:

Hunger Games by Billy Ray

“Based on the book by Suzanne Collins. In an America of the future, young boys and girls are forced to participate in a televised battle to the death.”

Agent Creative Artists Agency – Todd Feldman, Brian Kend

Manager Management 360 – Guymon Casady

Lionsgate. Color Force producing

14 Votes:

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

“When the mother of future United States President Abraham Lincoln is murdered by a vampire, he begins a lifelong vendetta to rid the world of the heinous creatures.”

Agent William Morris Endeavor – Cliff Roberts, Jeff Gorin

Fox. Tim Burton Productions, Bazelevs Productions producing.

15 Votes:

Are We Officially Dating? by Tom Gormican

“A dating movie told from...

Wizards, zombies and Jackie Kennedy star on list of finest films you didn't see this year

Fancy catching a taut drama about Jackie Kennedy's fight to preserve JFK's legacy in the seven days immediately following his death? Or perhaps a romantic comedy with the legendary title: Your Bridesmaid is a Bitch? Both stories could well find their names into cinemas, along with another 74, after making it on to the 2010 "Black List" of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.

This year's list was revealed yesterday by its compiler, film executive Franklin Leonard. It consists of the screenplays which a team of more than 300 movie producers most liked but that did not end up making it into cinemas by the end of the year. "The Black List is a snapshot of the collective taste of the people who develop, produce, and release theatrical feature films in the Hollywood studio system and the mainstream independent system,...

Every year, film executive Franklin Leonard releases his list, called The Black List, of most-liked unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. This year's list was compiled from the suggestions of 290 film executives, each of whom picked up to ten of their favorite scripts. Since the list started in 2004, many screenplays ended up being turned into films. In 2005, two of the top three scripts were "Lars and the Real Girl" which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay Oscar, and "Juno" which actually won the Oscar. See The 2010 Black List below, broken up by how many votes each screenplay received. Keep in mind, some of the projects are already in the works. 49 Votes: * College Republicans (by Wes Jones): Based on true events. Aspiring politician Karl Rove runs a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater, his campaign manager. 47 Votes: * Jackie (by Noah Oppenheim): Jackie Kennedy fights...

Early Karl Rove, post assassination state of mind of Jackie O, the Lehman brothers, the 1979 Iranian hostage situation, CIA and FBI. This year's top unproduced screenplays are either political thrillers or are equipped with behind the scene political bantering with Wes Jones' "College Republicans" topping the list. The project which details the early days of Karl Rove, mastermind strategist with gusto for the Republican party already has Shia Labeouf circling the project and Richard Linklater's name as been thrown into the mix as potential directing material. Anonymous Content who held the first place vote-getter in The Beaver a couple of years back, is producing. Here's the complete list -- we'll provide a huge update on all the titles below hopefully later in the day. 49 Votes: "College Republicans" by Wes Jones Based on true events. Aspiring politician Karl Rove runs a dirty campaign for national College Republicans chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater,...

The Black List started in 2005 when Franklin Leonard was working for Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way production company. Leonard was getting drowned in sub-par spec scripts, so he sent an e-mail out to his industry contacts looking for the best unproduced scripts out there. The 2005 Black List and the 2006 Black List were undeniably important in getting a fresh batch of writers on the Hollywood scene. Since then, too many people know about the party and the studio system has learned that people are paying attention. That means that increasingly, scripts have been lobbied into the Black List. [Note: I have no actual evidence I would be able to share, disclose or show you that proves this, so file that assertion under: "Things Dave thinks and gets to write because he's squatted on that soapbox long enough to get squatter's rights."]This year: the majority of the Black List Top Ten has already been sold or optioned. I'm not sure how helpful it is to make a list of good In Production scripts. Certainly less helpful to writer's churning out material that keeps getting passed over (or people who have Not starred in Prison Break...

Every year studio executive Franklin Leonard surveys his colleagues and compiles a list of the top unproduced screenplays floating around Hollywood this year. Today brings us the sixth installment of Leonard’s “Black List”. This year over 300 folks responded, and here are the top unproduced screenplays as viewed by one guy in the film industry and his buddies, who are also in the film industry. 49 votes: “College Republicans” by Wes Jones. Aspiring politician Karl Rove leads a dirty campaign for College Republican chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater. Anonymous Content producing. 47 votes: “Jackie” by Noah Oppenheim. Jacqueline Kennedy’s life immediately after her husband’s assassination. Darren Aronofsky directing for Fox Searchlight. 45 votes: “All You Need Is Kill” by Dante Harper. A new army recruit in a war against aliens finds himself caught in a time loop. Set up at Warner Bros. Doug Liman may direct. 43 votes: “Safe House” by David Guggenheim.

Awards season is in full swing with praise and endless awards given to films lucky enough to receive them, there are still stories that are stuck in development or just starting to take off. Enter The Black List 2010 (courtesy of Deadline and 24 Frames), a compilation of screenplays built from the suggestions of hundreds of film executives who contribute their ten favorite scripts "that were written in, or are somehow uniquely associated with, 2010 and will not be released in theaters during this calendar year." The Social Network came in at #2 last year, and look where it is now. Who knows what films from this years list will be around for awards season next year. 1: College Republicans By Wes Jones What it's about: Based on true events. Aspiring politician Karl Rove runs a dirty campaign for national College Republican Chairman under the guidance of Lee Atwater, his campaign manager. Status: ...