Tommy Lee Jones joins the cast of Lincoln
Based on the best-selling book, Team of Rivals, by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the screenplay has been written by the Pulitzer Prize winner, Tony Award winner, and Academy Award nominated writer Tony Kushner. It will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg.
The film will focus on the political collision of Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet on the road to abolition and the end of the Civil War.
Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones will play Thaddeus Stevens, a Republican leader and powerful congressman from Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives. Stevens was a staunch supporter of abolishing slavery and was critical to writing the legislation that funded the American Civil War.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, known for his roles in Inception, (500) Days of Summer, and next year's The Dark Knight Rises, will take on the role of Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of President Lincoln and the only one to live past his teenage years.
Other announced cast will take on various supporting roles in the film.
Doris Kearns Goodwin won her Pulitzer Prize for "No Ordinary Time," the story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the home front in World War II. Kushner's prize was for his play Angels in America, which later became an Emmy Award-winning television special. He had previously worked with Spielberg on Munich for which he was nominated for an Oscar in the Adapted Screenplay category.
Filming is expected to begin in the fall of 2011 in Virginia for release in the fourth quarter of 2012 through Disney's Touchstone distribution label.
Lincoln comes to theaters November 2012 and stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson. The film is directed by Steven Spielberg.
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m2
great to hear more casting news from this movie
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Cripple
Holy hell yes!!!
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skywise
OH my god this cast just keeps getting better and better. This is going to be great!
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Dan
I would say 'damn, that's nice', but it's a Spielberg production, so of course he'll get great talent :)
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Bawnian©-Dexeus
I'm loving the cast already. Bring it on Spielberg !!!!
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thedude-abides
Epic cast. I don't know if it's better than J. Edgar's, though. To me, the latter seems like it will be better congealed than that of Lincoln's. Still, it's hard to top DDL, Tommy Lee, and JGL.
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