Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz to Play Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in a Limited Series

Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz are attached to play Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in a proposed limited series from Paramount Television Studios. The proposed project, which does not have a proposed outlet yet, is based on the book “Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War” by Reagan’s former arms control director Ken Adelman. James Foley (“House of Cards,” “Fifty Shades Freed”) is set to direct, with writer B. Garida adapting Adelman’s book.

The  series will dramatize President Reagan’s and Soviet leader Gorbachev’s 1986 meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland. The two-day summit was meant to be a precursor to future talks but ended up setting the stage for a comprehensive arms control agreement the following year. Douglas and Waltz will executive produce “Reagan & Gorbachev” along with Foley and Youtchi Von Lintel.