Though Donald Trump and roughly 50 percent of America probably would confuse him with FDR, Theodore Roosevelt was cool as hell. He was a cowboy and he literally got shot in the chest while speaking in Milwaukee in 1912 but insisted on finishing his speech anyway. Since Americans are pining to appreciate any resident who's not a racist reality star, they might as well make a biopic about Teddy Roosevelt.
And what could be a better distraction from the current time in U.S. history than getting American icon Leonardo DiCaprio to play the OG Roosevelt in a biopic directed by Martin Scorsese?
The two are in the works on a new upcoming film about Roosevelt, and, as Variety notes: "His efforts in conservationism and preserving the country's national parks are considered some of his greatest achievements as president, and making the project a natural fit for DiCaprio, given his own efforts in climate change and environmentalism."
Certainly the formation of a United States federal agency doesn't sound as exciting as an assassination attempt, but if anyone can make it work, it's DiCaprio and Scorsese.
There are few details about the new project at this point, but the script will be written by Scott Bloom, and DiCaprio and Scorsese will produce. Hell, maybe they'll end up making the movie about the origin story of the Teddy Bear. At least that would be better than their Joker idea.
