Woody Harrelson is LBJ

Woody Harrelson has signed on to star in “LBJ” with Rob Reiner closing a deal to direct.

The political drama will follow Lyndon Baines Johnson (Harrelson) as he is thrust into the US presidency at the hands of an assassin’s bullet in November 1963. With political battles on both sides of the aisle, Johnson struggles to heal a nation and secure his presidency by passing Kennedy’s historic Civil Rights Act.

Joey Hartstone penned the 2014 Black List script. Production will get underway in September in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, LA, Dallas, Texas and Washington, D.C.

Matthew George, Rob Reiner, Liz Glotzer, Michael R. Williams and Tim and Trevor White are producing. Executive producers include Martin Shafer (Castle Rock Entertainment), Elizabeth A. Bell (production counsel), Susan Lanot (SMBC), Danny Roth and Damiano Tucci (Parkside Pictures), Michael Tadross Jr. (Tadross Media Group) and Julie May (ITS Capital).