Rob Lowe is heading back into politics!

From Deadline:

Just as Rob Lowe's autobiography Stories I Only Tell My Friends makes its debut this weekend at #3 on The New York Times Bestseller Lists, he has signed on to star in Knife Fight, a Bill Guttentag film that deals with the dark side of political operatives. Lowe, who played senior White House aide Sam Seaborn in The West Wing and California senator Robert McCallister in Brothers and Sisters, this time will star in the lead role of a political crisis specialist who plays hard and tough in dealing with various October campaign surprises. The picture is coming together with the plan to shoot in San Francisco in June for release in October, 2012 for the Presidential Election. The film's being put together independently through deluca films and Divisadero Pictures, with Mary Vernieu casting.

Lowe will be in Cannes this week for Miramax business, alongside Colony Capital business partner Tom Barrack.

-Joey's Two Cents: I'm a huge fan of The West Wing, so I'd love to see Lowe back in the political arena...thoughts?