Daniel Day-Lewis to Star in Lincoln Movie, with Screenplay by Tony Kushner
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Two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis will play Abraham Lincoln in the film version of Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s biography of the president, according to EW.com. Steven Spielberg will direct the film, Lincoln, which will have a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Tony Kushner.
The movie will focus on Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet as they struggle with the abolishment of slavery and seek to end the Civil War. The film is scheduled to begin filming in the fall of 2011, with an anticipated release in the fall of 2012.
Day-Lewis won Oscars for his performances in There Will Be Blood and My Left Foot. In addition, he received Academy Award nominations for his work in Gangs of New York and In the Name of the Father. Most recently, he was seen in the film version of the musical Nine.
