Oliver Stone Could Cast Shia LeBeouf in Pinkville

Pinkville, director Oliver Stone's film about the Mai Lai Massacre that took place during the War, could finally be getting made and with the young Shia LeBeouf no less. The movie almost shot in with a cast that included Bruce Willis, Woody Harrelson, Michael Pitt, Channing Tatum, amd Michael Pena. Thanks to the writer's stirke, the film was delayed.

On the commentary track for Wall : Money Never Sleeps, Oliver Stone says that he's been talking to the Wall Street 2 star LeBeouf about acting in the film, in the role that was originally going to be filled by Channing Tatum. LeBeouf would play a US Army helicopter named Hugh Thompson.
The My Lai Massacre was a dark, dark time in this country's military history, where a U.S. Army killed anywhere from 350 to over 500 unnarmed South civilians in the hamlets of My Lai and My Khe. Many of the victims were women, children, elderly people, and even infants. Pinkville was the military codeword for the My Lai hamlet.

The massacre was reported by Thompson (LeBeouf's character in the film), who then intervened by landing his helicopter between the US troops and a group of civilians that were retreating, ordering his gunners to shoot any soldier that attacked the civilians. Thompson was later given the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Given the material, this will be a troublesome film to make and there's no telling what sort of opposition Stone will face.