There is nothing funny about Alzheimer’s, and yet someone in Hollywood pitched the idea that doing a Ronald Reagan movie, starring Will Ferrell, would be just what the entertainment world needed. For those across the nation who have had a loved one succumb to Alzheimer’s, the very idea of satirizing the disease is beyond the pale.
The film, labeled as a comedy, would have satirized the “tragic battle” that President Reagan faced with the disease. It was to be based off the 2015 Black List script, which focuses a fictional story of Reagan winning re-election by a landslide and then soon after beginning the descent into dementia. In the film, a Reagan aide must persuade the President that he is an actor, playing the President in a movie.
Will Ferrell, under the banner of Gary Sanchez Productions, was to film and produce the work.
However, there has been so much blowback from the announcement that Ferrell has backed off.
Read the letter that Patti Davis, Reagan’s daughter wrote to Ferrell on the next page.
Reagan is one of the few people who deserves it.
Will Ferral Rat backs out to try to save his wallet
Smart move . Ignorant thought.
This about as tasteless as a Michael Moore movie!
poor humor
hes an idiot i never liked him this proves it
Reagan….. Last good president…..my opinion!!!!’
Good move Will
It’s the smartest decision I ever made
We “conservatives” are a touchy, pussified, safe space needing bunch of titbags, as the liberals are. You people ever bother to read each others comments? It’s live a never ending lifetime marathon… Far left, far right, all I read is about how this and that makes you feel. Suck. It. Up. Buttercups.