Michael Douglas Will Play Ronald Reagan In Indie Film: ‘Reykjavik’

The guys over at The Hollywood Reporter (photo courtesy of) have just let loose a great bit of news. Michael Douglas will be taking up the role of the 40th President, in an indie film that Ridley Scott is producing. The film is titled “Reykjavik” after the town in Iceland where the real world meeting of Reagan and Gorbachev took place.

The film takes place over a four day period in 1986 during talks between Reagan and Gorbachev. These talks were centered around a peace agreement and stand down of nuclear arms. Basically this was where we won the cold war (‘murka).

The only other bit of info released is that Mike Newell (not Gabe) is the director they are looking at but nothing confirmed. Shooting takes place in March of 2013.