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Daniel Day-Lewis to Star in Spielberg’s Lincoln
Two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis will star as the 16th President of the United States in DreamWorks Studios’ Lincoln to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The announcement was made today by Spielberg and Stacey Snider, Co-Chairman and CEO of DreamWorks Studios.
Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis will star as the 16th President of the United States in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.
Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin‘s novel “Team of Rivals,” the screenplay has been written by another Pulitzer Prize winner, and Academy Award nominee, Tony Kushner. The studio says the picture will focus on the “political collision of Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet on the road to abolition and the end of the Civil War.”
Steven Spielberg said:
“Daniel Day-Lewis would have always been counted as one of the greatest of actors, were he from the silent era, the golden age of film or even some time in cinema’s distant future. I am grateful and inspired that our paths will finally cross with Lincoln. Throughout his career, he has been exceptionally selective in his choice of material,” added Stacey Snider, “which makes us feel even more fortunate that he has chosen to join with us for Lincoln.”
Spielberg is currently working on War Horse, a WWI era, for a December 28, 2011 release.
The full press release follows after the jump.
Will Smith Wants To Team Up With Tom Cruise In Future Movie
Will Smith is planning to make a film with Tom Cruise.
The “Hancock” actor revealed he has been trying to find a suitable project for them to star in, but has so far been unsuccessful.
Will said:
“Me and Tom have to work together. I think that would just be genius. We have been pitching some ideas back and forth and trying to find a movie that will be big enough for both of us.”
Complete List Of Oscar Winners – 80th Annual Academy Awards
Complete list of winners at the 80th annual Academy Awards, presented Sunday night at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles:
- Best Motion Picture: “No Country for Old Men.”
- Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood.”
- Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose.”
- Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men.”
- Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”
- Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men.”
- Foreign Language Film: “The Counterfeiters,” Austria.
- Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men.”
- Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, “Juno.”
- Animated Feature Film: “Ratatouille.”
- Art Direction: “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”
- Cinematography: “There Will Be Blood.”
- Sound Mixing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
- Sound Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
- Original Score: “Atonement,” Dario Marianelli.
- Original Song: “Falling Slowly” from “Once,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.
- Costume: “Elizabeth: The Golden Age.”
- Documentary Feature: “Taxi to the Dark Side.”
- Documentary Short Subject: “Freeheld.”
- Film Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”
- Makeup: “La Vie en Rose.”
- Animated Short Film: “Peter & the Wolf.”
- Live Action Short Film: “Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets’).”
- Visual Effects: “The Golden Compass.”
