Robin Williams to Play President Dwight Eisenhower in 'The Butler'

The usually hirsute Robin Williams will be going bald for his next acting gig, since hes just been cast as President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Lee Daniels The Butler.

Williams will follow up that assignment with the starring role in Phil Alden Robinsons The Angriest Man in Brooklyn.

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The true story of Eugene Allen, a White House employee who served eight First Families over the course of three decades, The Butler is scheduled to begin shooting later this month in New Orleans. Its ensemble cast also includesForest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa Redgrave, Terrence Howard, John Cusack, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda and Colman Domingo.

Danny Strongwrote the script with Daniels based on Wil Haygoods Washington Post article about Allen.Daniels also is producing the film with Hilary Shor, Cassian Elwes and Pam Williams for Laura Zisken Productions.

In The Angriest Man In Brooklyn, Williams will star opposite Mila Kunis, Peter Dinklage, Melissa Leo and James Earl Jones.The film, set to begin filming in Brooklyn, N.Y. in Sept., is the story of a stand-in doctor who mistakenly tells an obnoxious patient he has 90 minutes to live.The medic tries desperately to locate the man after her comments sends him on a contrite tour of the city to right all the wrongs in his life.

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Robinson will direct from a screenplay by Daniel Taplitz. Landscapes Bob Cooper and Tyler Mitchell are producing with Daniel J. Walker. Jean-Charles Levy serves as executive producer.

Williams is represented by WME and MBST Entertainment.

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