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Michael Moore Preps Fahrenheit 9/11-1/2 | Michael Moore
Barely a week after the election that resulted in President Bush's staying in office, Michael Moore tells Variety that he and producer Harvey Weinstein plan to continue their documentary assault on the chief executive.

Their planned sequel to Moore's runaway hit Fahrenheit 9/11 is to be called Fahrenheit 9/11-1/2, which Moore says he will begin shooting immediately and unveil in 2006 or '07.

Given that "51 percent of the American people lacked information" in this election, Moore, 50, tells the trade paper’s columnist Army Archerd, "we want to educate and enlighten them. They weren't told the truth."

As for possibly being depressed over the election results, Moore says he's anything but.

"The official mourning period is over today and there is a silver lining – George W. Bush is prohibited by law from running again," he says.

Although the Republicans have star power in Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is being talked up as a candidate for the highest office in the land despite his not having been born in America, Moore believes the Democrats have their own potential presidential stars.

"What American wouldn't vote for Tom Hanks?" he posits. "Hollywood is full of people like that."