'Munich' Screenwriter Takes on 'Lincoln' (Spielberg to Produce & Direct 2008 movie)

SpielbergFilms.com ^ | March 28, 2007

[anymouse]

Alongside next summer's return of "Indiana Jones 4," Steven Spielberg's upcoming adaptation of "Team of Rivals" (about the political career of President Abraham Lincoln) is consistently one of the more popular projects he has in development at this time.

While Spielberg's take on one of American history's most revered figures has been pushed back to accommodate one of American pop culture's most celebrated figures (Indiana Jones, of course!), the Lincoln project is still in serious development, and we can now officially say that things have taken a brilliant turn.

Over the project's long-gestation, "Gladiator" screenwriter John Logan has had the closest public association with the property, but now, "Munich's" Oscar-nominated screenwriter Tony Kushner is officially on the job.

DreamWorks told us today that the project still doesn't have a solid timeline, as much depends on Kushner's work and Steven Spielberg's schedule post-"Indiana Jones 4." Still, if the news of Kushner's involvement on the film doesn't bring the Lincoln project to an even more exciting plateau for you, then you really need to go back and look at Kushner's brilliant work on "Munich."

Stick with us for more Lincoln news as it develops!

[NucSubs]

I doubt it it - Lincoln is too large a figure to be considered "Republican". More likely they will try to equate today's Republicans and the war in Iraq with the Confederate leaders Lincoln had to contend with.

Ding, ding, ding!

Of course, talk like that is gonna get the Lost-Cause Myth Neoconfederates on your butt!

[NucSubs]

Give it up. He’s in full-fledged Neocon revisionist mode.