devilshalo

He was a dirty cop.. not an assassin.

DoubleDownAgain

He was a dirty D.E.A agent.. not an dirty cop.

Daytripper

Whew! For a second I thought Ford was considered to play Lincoln. "GET OFF MY BALCONY!!"

GoldenJCJ

I think Ford already did his Lincoln impression at the beginning of Regarding Henry.

starman9000

Whoever plays lincoln, I hope he tells us to "Be excellent to each other".

Lateralus

Nice! I loved the book, now I wonder if they are going to continue with Manhunt.

nateman

I think Conan O’Brien should take the role as Abraham Lincoln.

Just Kidding, Actually Liam Neeson is a terrific actor & that other little movie he did with Spielberg wasn’t too shabby.

I’d love to see Gary Oldman in this, he’s very underrated IMO.

devilshalo

Daniel Day-Lewis to Play Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg-Directed Biopic
The Oscar winner will take on the role of the 16th president in the long-in-development biopic.

1:51 PM 11/19/2010 by Jay A. Fernandez

DreamWorks Studios just announced that Daniel Day-Lewis will take on the role of President Abraham Lincoln in the long-in-development biopic to be directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Four score and seven milkshakes ago.... I drank that shit up!

sauce07

Holy god that is awesome news, he's going to own this role.

The Antipodean

Wow, I liked the idea of Liam Neeson quite a lot but DDL -- well that's about the best you can do. Not sure how tall he is though!

Ash Ketchum

Lincoln the Butcher...I'm there!

BJacks

Definitely the perfect second choice to Liam. Can't wait to see this.

GenPion

That actually sounds like great casting news. And I am SO, SO happy to hear this after all the delay's this film has had. This is the upcoming Spielberg film I am looking forward to the most. Even more than Tintin!

islandclaws

Sounds like perfect casting to me. DDL will own the shit out of this. Too early to say Oscar nom a lock?

whoopdido

I love Daniel Day Lewis. I like him better than Liam Neeson, but I think Neeson would have been GREAT as Abe. This is basically a horse apiece in my opinion. I think either one of them would have been sweet.

PopcornTreeCt

That's much better casting than Liam Neeson. I really hope this is serious Spielberg and not sentimental Spielberg.

islandclaws

I think this is going to be "I want another Oscar" Spielberg.

Count Dooku

So we can expect this movie to bring to light Abraham Lincoln's previously unknown love of milkshakes.

Groucho

"My name is Abraham Lincoln, and this is my wife: Mary Todd Lincoln. I emancipate your slave. I emancipate it up!"

Ky-Fi

I'd prefer to see Lincoln played by Neeson, in the same vein as Neeson's Next of Kin character. This NEEDS to be an action pic with some kick-ass one-liners.

I suppose Lewis would be okay too.

yoshimi

Since it is Spielberg is he going to have John Wilkes Boothe smack Lincoln in the back of the head with a news paper instead of shooting him?

foofighters7

"my name is Abraham Lincoln and this is my wife MT Lincoln, we've traveled across half this nation to come here tonight to see about this slavery issue. Now its no great mystery, I'm an Oil,,err I mean emancipator. I have freed numerous slaves across this land and have many more flowing out right now. So if I say I'm an Oi..err Emancipator then you will agree."

JumpCutz

Does Daniel Day Lewis EVER take a job/project which isn't Oscar bait?

I know he plays the "I'm really complicated and not into the Hollywood lifestyle" thing, and that's cool. But I think a lot of his attitude is a shtick and the guy REALLY loves awards.

I like him and all, but if you've ever seen or read an interview, you know how he seems to try too hard to come off as dark, deep and unattached/uninterested in film making, allegedly having to be nearly begged to do a project.

Daytripper

Was bummed Spielberg waited so damn long he lost Neeson, but I'm a huge DDL fan so all is not a total loss.

islandclaws

No, I think he's genuine. The roles become Oscar bait because he inhabits them.