Steven Spielberg will no longer direct “The Trial Of The Chicago 7“, reports MovieWeb.
Sacha Baron Cohen had been persuaded by Spielberg to play political campaigner Abbie Hoffman in the film, which is based around eight Vietnam protesters accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democrat party convention.
Producer Walter F. Parkes explained that the director had quit the project due to the WGA strike and his commitment to the upcoming “Tintin” film.
“He is not going to do it,” Parkes noted. “He kind of had a moment of availability to do it, and the strike got in the way. We were unable to do the script work that Steven felt he needed and then, by the time the strike was over, he had already committed himself to begin production on “Tintin”.Steven Spielberg exits “Chicago 7”
Steven Spielberg will no longer direct “The Trial Of The Chicago 7“, reports MovieWeb.
Sacha Baron Cohen had been persuaded by Spielberg to play political campaigner Abbie Hoffman in the film, which is based around eight Vietnam protesters accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democrat party convention.
Producer Walter F. Parkes explained that the director had quit the project due to the WGA strike and his commitment to the upcoming “Tintin” film.
“He is not going to do it,” Parkes noted. “He kind of had a moment of availability to do it, and the strike got in the way. We were unable to do the script work that Steven felt he needed and then, by the time the strike was over, he had already committed himself to begin production on “Tintin”.
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As millions continue to suffer and die ignored
—NO TIME to remember the staggeringly, epically,
virally relevant ‘forgotten’ —KOREAN WAR
on its 60th Anniversary
-BUT!–
LOT and LOTS of time, money and talent available
for still more pointless, done-to-death Boomer era
cultural incest.
——–NICE!