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Maybe Michael Moore should team up with Roland Emmerich for a “2012″ companion movie. Word is that Moore’s follow-up to “Fahrenheit 9/11″ was originally supposed to focus on foreign policy. But since the economy’s nose-dive in recent months, he’s decided to focus on that instead.
The still-untitled project is said to contain an end-of-the-empire tone that doesn’t focus on politics. Say what?! I can’t believe any movie of Moore’s won’t include his left-leaning views. Maybe because there’s a Democrat in the White House now?
Still, Moore (pictured with pal Madonna at the Traverse City Film Festival) has never been particularly optimistic about the United States, so a lot of us are wondering how that’ll play into his filmmaking in this more-hopeful Obama climate.
More after the jump…
“If Moore offers a prescription for how to improve things, he may indeed find an audience that at this moment is eager for change,” said Craig Minassian, an entertainment consultant and former Bill Clinton aide. “But it’s going to be hard for him. What this election shows is what’s right with America, and sometimes what Michael Moore does is highlight what’s wrong with America.”
Plus, the economy is never stagnant. It might turn around by the time Moore’s film is released. Still, insiders say he’s feverishly shooting, with a release date as early as spring 2009 and Paramount Vantage and Overture Films hoping to capitalize on the current climate of political awareness.
Image: Jane Boursaw, 2008; Source: The Hollywood Reporter
