HBO unveil new mini-series exploring the rise of Dick Cheney

[HMG Celebrity News] – Just when you thought it was safe to emerge from the basement, Dick Cheney is set to darken your life yet again; HBO have just ordered a new mini-series that will explore the works of a man some regard as the most amoral life-form this nation has suffered.

Based on the book ‘Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency” by Barton Gellman, and the FRONTLINE documentary appropriately titled The Dark Side, the new series will cover Dick’s rise from a lowly aide to Donald Rumsfeld during Richard Nixon’s White House tenure in 1969, to the peak of his allergic reaction to public service and peace as the guiding hand behind the Iraq war in March of 2003.

According to Deadline the HBO folks say the show will focus on Dick’s “Single-minded pursuit of enhanced power for the Presidency that was unprecedented in the nation’s history.”

Rick Cleveland, the brains behind ‘Six Feet Under’ is writing the series and Paula Weinstein – who managed HBO’s series about the Florida recount in 2000 that put Dick in power – is in charge of production.

And in case one lengthy analysis of transient morality and dubious ethics is not scary enough, HBO has also ordered another show about the GOP’s more…unique stars – ‘Game Change.’ This follows John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2008, including the selection of Sarah Palin as his second-in-command – a decision many voters still say cost him the win.

In one piece of uplifting news, Julianne Moore has been cast as the ex Governor.

On March 20th 2003 the White House began an unjust war against innocent people to protect an unwilling country from mythical weapons…And Dick stood squarely behind it. Can HBO can do such a legacy justice or do you think they’ll just rewrite the record?

Let’s hear your opinions on what we might learn…