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From Orlando Sentinel (09-20-11): Steven Spielberg has been talking about/promising to make a movie about Abraham Lincoln for years. And for years, he had Liam Neeson, his "Schindler's List" star, on board to play the president. Now, he's packing his bags for Virginia -- Richmond and environs -- to shoot "Lincoln," which is based on a recent best seller by one of America's most popular historians. He talked about that at the end of a conversation we had about "War Horse" and "Tintin," the two movies America's most successful movie maker has due out this holiday season. His "Lincoln" is "not a battlefield movie," Spielberg says. "There are battles in it, and being in Virginia, we have access to those historic battlefields. It is really a movie about the great work Abraham Lincoln did in the last months of his life. "We're basing it on Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, 'Team of Rivals,' but we're only focusing in on the last four months of Abraham Lincoln's life. "The movie will be purposely coming out AFTER next year's election. I didn't want it to become political fodder." On "Tintin" and the widely reported "death of 3D" Spielberg says "3D isn't dead. Nooo. It's just waiting for the right film to come along that will make an audience want to see it in 3D and not pay the lesser ticket price to see it in 2D. It's always up to the audience. To Spielberg, "3D is just another tool in our shed. It's up to the audience to discriminate whether or not they think this or that is worth seeing in 3D. They decide "Avatar" is worth a few bucks more in 3D. They decide if 'Cars 2' is worth a few bucks less in 2D. Audiences made those choices 'Avatar' in 3D, 'Cars 2' in 2D. And that's the way it's going to be from now on. "Thank goodness the audience always has the final word. In the end, we are all working for them." Another project he has the rights to, the popular interactive children's novels (games) "The 39 Clues." Since my kids are fans of the books, I got an update. "Brett Ratner is directing that and we're hoping to film that next year." And when is the next Spielberg theme park ride coming to Universal Studios Florida Resort? Go here for that tempting tidbit. Past news:
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May 24/25, 2011: Doris Kearns Goodwin and her husband Richard Goodwin were in London last week for a state banquet for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace, as guests of Queen Elizabeth II, and the following night at the Return State Dinner in honor of the Queen hosted by the President at Winfield House. Other links of interest: Simon & Schuster, Inc. |
