According to several news sources Robert de Niro has been cast as George Wallace in the upcoming movie "Selma":
Robert De Niro has been attached to play Alabama Governor George Wallace (pictured) in the Civil Rights movie Selma, which is likely to be the next movie from LeeDaniels , director of Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire.
The article mentions a few of De Niro's projects including "a showy role playing Gov George Wallace in 'Precious' director Lee Daniels' next pic about desegregation...
As far as Selma, ComingSoon.net spoke briefly to Daniels about the project last October, which you can read here, and the attachment of De Niro to such a prominent role certainly bodes well for the project moving forward soon, especially with the amount of good will Daniels has earned from the awards buzz that Precious has been garnering over the last few months.
