Last week, it was announced that Daniel Day-Lewis would be staring as President Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming Steve Spielberg-directed biopic. Liam Neeson was originally set to star, but after being attached to the project for a while, he decided to drop out. And when he stepped down, Spielberg figured, “Who better to play America’s 16th president than another big-nosed Irish dude?”
Jokes aside, I do think DDL will do a phenomenal job as Honest Abe. Day-Lewis is notorious for being extremely picky with his roles. The guy does a movie like every three years. He’s only been in 19 films total since his first role as “child vandal (uncredited)” in 1971’s Sunday Bloody Sunday. He’s also earned two Best Actor Oscars, for My Left Foot (1989) and There Will Be Blood (2007).
Lincoln was scripted by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tony Kushner. Spielberg will helm the feature and production is set to begin in fall 2011. Spielberg is also committed to directing Robopocalypse (which is about exactly what the title implies), but will do Lincoln first. Disney’s Touchstone Pictures will release the picture in late 2012.
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