LOS ANGELES -- US filmmaker Oliver Stone, who has made an unflattering movie about Richard Nixon, is planning to make another titled "Bush" that will focus on the life and presidency of George W. Bush and feature Josh Brolin in the lead role, Daily Variety reported.

The report published Sunday said the movie will be produced by Moritz Borman, who worked with Stone on "World Trade Center" and "Alexander," and Jon Kilik, a producer of "Alexander."

But despite his earlier critical comments about the invasion of Iraq, the director said he is not looking to make an anti-Bush picture but rather to use major events in the president's life to explain how he came to power.

"It's a behind-the-scenes approach, similar to 'Nixon,' to give a sense of what it's like to be in his skin," Stone told Daily Variety.

"But if 'Nixon' was a symphony, this is more like a chamber piece, and not as dark in tone. People have turned my political ideas into a cliché, but that is superficial. I'm a dramatist who is interested in people, and I have empathy for Bush as a human being, much the same as I did for Castro, Nixon, Jim Morrison, Jim Garrison and Alexander the Great."

Stone declined to give his personal opinion of the president, the report said.