Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston will reprise his Tony award-winning role as US president Lyndon Johnson in the HBO movie All the Way, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Cranston won the outstanding actor in a play prize in June for his turn as John F Kennedy's White House successor. Pulitzer prize-winner Robert Schenkkan, who wrote the original Broadway version, is on board to adapt his own work for the US pay-TV service.

All the Way, which takes its title from Johnson's successful 1964 campaign slogan, opens in the wake of Kennedy's assassination on 22 November 1963 and continues through to the new president's landslide re-election the following year. Johnson's first 12-months in the Oval Office sees the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with the southern-born leader using his political skills to win over conservative congressmen. Another major player is Martin Luther King, who struggles to steer a clear line between conservative and militant elements in his own movement.

Johnson must also deal with the escalation of the Vietnam war, while preparing his 1964 campaign. Cranston won a number of other major prizes for his portrayal of the president on Broadway, as well as almost universally positive reviews.

HBO bought the US screen rights to the Emmy-winning Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, last year. The film was shown on the big screen outside the US.

Cranston recently appeared in a major supporting role in the monster movie remake Godzilla, which has taken almost half a billion dollars at the global box office.