Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln

Sielberg is making a movie about Abraham Lincoln's presidency. And I just found out about it.

It would probably be better than Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (which is just Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter with a bigger budget).

Another movie I have to see.

They totally need to make a higher-budget team-up of Jesus Christ and Abraham Lincoln.

They Fight Crime!.

Daniel Day Lewis? Seriously?

This is hilarious if you watched Gangs Of New York.

Definitely an example of Hilarious in Hindsight. XD

-> Bill the Butcher: "We shoulda run a better man against Lincoln when we had the chance."

-> "Down with the Union!!"

edited 23rd Nov '10 12:22:06 AM by Surenity

I thought Liam Neeson was lined up for this.

Edit: Read the article. Past his "sell-by" date. Pff. Liam Neeson can play anyone.

edited 25th Nov '10 1:46:15 PM by HopelessSituationWarrior

I'd think his age would be obscured behind the fucking beard.

I'd totally go with Liam Neeson for Abraham Lincoln, but I have never heard the guy do an American accent and I think he would suck at it. I mean, seriously. The guy's practically defined by his distinctive accent. And that's just not gonna work when he's playing a US president.

edited 27th Nov '10 9:11:59 PM by Sporkaganza

And Liam Neeson would probably kill John Wilkes Booth with a special set of skills.

Sally Field will play Lincoln's wife.

Neeson-Lincoln will punch John Wilkes Booth in the throat.

edited 14th Apr '11 4:30:01 PM by johnnyfog

I dunno, I can see young Spielberg doing this, but todays Spielberg, producer of the Transformers movie, this sounds, well, like an average movie at best.

I mean, do we really need another movie about the life of Lincoln? Why not a movie about Roosevelt? That would be awesome.

edited 14th Apr '11 4:51:03 PM by MobiusOfMobius

Scorsese is trying to get a Roosevelt movie made. John Milius (co-creator of Rome and director of the original Conan the Barbarian) is also trying.

But neither are succeeding. And its not like we can only have one movie based on a real life person come out at the same time, look at those Truman Capote movies.

That's too bad. I'd love to see a Teddy Roosevelt movie.

It would be a reminder of the high-caliber men we used to put into office. As well as the difference between a real conservative and the wingnut psychos masquerading as them in the present.

Unless the movie buckled to pressure and actually distorted Roosevelts politics so he actually sounded like a modern conservative.

Although if that were the case, Teddy Roosevelts zombie would rise up and start punching the director in the face for the sacrilige. Then we could just film that.

You can't eat ME!! I'm Martin ScorseeAAAAAUUUGH!!!!!

edited 14th Apr '11 11:25:04 PM by johnnyfog

Oh jeez. I wonder how angelified they're going to make him.

I'm just trying to figure out where he's going to put aliens into this movie.

Ooo! Ooo! Maybe they inspired him to write the emancipation proclimation!

Considering this was inspired by Doris Kearn Goodwin's Team of Rivals which is my all time favorite nonfiction book, consider me there on opening day.

Tommy Lee Jones will play Thaddeus Stevens, a Republican leader and powerful congressman from Pennsylvania.

And Joseph Gordon-Levitt from Inception will play Lincoln's eldest son.

WANT

Nobody ever says "Joseph-Gordon Levitt from Halloween: H20".