Curious as to what, exactly, Daniel Day Lewis will look like as our nation’s 16th president in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic (the cleverly-titled Lincoln)? The first picture from the set has been released and, well, perhaps unsurprisingly, the famously method actor looks a lot like Lincoln.
Steven Spielberg has been talking about making a bio-pic of Abraham Lincoln for nearly two decades. For years Liam Neeson was attached to play the bearded president, but recently Daniel Day-Lewis has taken up the lead role in Lincoln. But it looks like the project is finally moving forward as a second cast announcement has been made: Sally Field will play Mary Todd Lincoln.
This whole Lincoln thing just got serious! After being in the works, postponed, back in business and then delayed again… Steven Spielberg‘s long over-due cinematic portrayal of Abraham Lincoln has just scored itself an actor that should most likely get things finally moving! DreamWorks has just announced that Daniel Day-Lewis has officially signed on to star as Abraham Lincoln in Spielberg‘s Lincoln. of course, Spielberg couldn’t be more excited…
We’ve known for a while that Steven Spielberg has been trying get his film about President Lincoln off the ground, but it has constantly been postponed due to budget and location problems. Last month we heard rumors that Robert Redford was thinking about making his own Lincoln project, titled The Conspirator with James McAvoy and Robin Wright Penn.
It seems like a month is all Redford needed because he is looking to start shooting as early as next month with independent financing. Meanwhile Speilberg’s film still seems like a bit of a dream job with a much bigger budget.
So what do the two directors feel about one another?
How is this possible? How is Robert Redford making a film about Abraham Lincoln, before Steven Spielberg’s long gestating biopic? Apparently, it’s happening and the veteran actor-director isn’t wasting any time. According to Yahoo News, Redford will direct a film based on the assassination of our former president. The story won’t focus on John Wilkes Booth, but rather Mary Suratt. Who is she you ask? Find out below.
