 DreamsWorks Studios
announced Friday that Day-Lewis would star as the president in the
Steven Spielberg-directed film "Lincoln." The movie is based on the
book "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin. The screenplay is by
award-winning writer Tony Kushner.
The State Journal-Register reported that Day-Lewis and Goodwin
toured the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, the Lincoln Home,
the Old State Capitol and the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices on Friday.
Co-producer Kathleen Kennedy tells the newspaper the group felt
moved after visiting the vault below the library and seeing several
Lincoln artifacts.
According to DreamWorks, filming is expected to begin in fall 2011
and the movie is to be released in late 2012.
[Associated Press]
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