大導演斯皮爾伯格明年拍林肯傳記片

Since the project has been gestating for years now, it wasn't much of a surprise when we learned that Liam Neeson was no longer attached to Steven Spielberg's biopic of Abraham Lincoln, the iconic 16th President of the United States. Before his departure from the project was official though, Spielberg assured us that his take on the president's life was still on the way. Since then we've heard that the director would next tackle an adaptation of the forthcoming sci-fi book Robopocalypse, but a press release from DreamWorks pegs Spielberg as directing the biopic in the fall of 2011 and reveals that the stellar Daniel Day-Lewis will play Abraham Lincoln. Brilliant!

大導演史蒂芬-斯皮爾伯格在多年以前便透露了想要拍攝美國第十六任總統——亞伯拉罕-林肯傳記片的想法，目前的最新消息是，演員連姆-尼森已不在導演的考慮範圍之內，儘管主演沒了着落，而又有消息稱導演的下一步作品將是科幻小說改編電影《機器人啓示錄》，但《林肯》這個計劃依舊還在史蒂芬的日程表之上，日前，夢工廠對外宣佈由斯皮爾伯格坐鎮指導的林肯傳記片將於2011年秋季開拍，而男主角也終於塵埃落定，奧斯卡影帝丹尼爾-戴-劉易斯將在大銀幕上塑造這位家喻戶曉的歷史人物。

Today Spielberg announced the news himself with Stacey Snider, Co-Chairman and CEO of DreamWorks. The director said, “Daniel Day-Lewis would have always been counted as one of the greatest of actors, were he from the silent era, the golden age of film or even some time in cinema's distant future. I am grateful and inspired that our paths will finally cross with Lincoln." Snider followed by saying, "Throughout his career, he has been exceptionally selective in his choice of material which makes us feel even more fortunate that he has chosen to join with us for Lincoln." Now that they've snagged Daniel Day-Lewis, apparently they're planning to release the film late in 2012 (likely around awards season).

If you don't recall, the biopic will be adapted from the historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's book Team of Rivals, with Oscar nominated writer Tony Kushner (who wrote Munich for Spielberg) behind the script. The film is said to focus on he political collision of Lincoln and the powerful men of his cabinet on the road to abolition and the end of the Civil War. This is quite a historical time for the United States and this will be the first time such a massive film will focus solely on the life of Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Day-Lewis is inspired casting for the Honest Abe, so I'm hoping this project really does get off the ground next year. How about you?

史蒂芬-斯皮爾伯格在透露這個計劃的同時，這樣評價道劉易斯：“無論是在默片時期，黃金時代或是電影的未來，丹尼爾-戴-劉易斯都會被認爲最偉大的演員之一。我非常的慶幸拍攝林肯的計劃終於有了明確的方向。”夢工廠的CEO斯黛西-斯耐德稱：“一向以選片少而精著稱的丹尼爾能參與我們的影片，這讓我們被感幸運。”

據稱，影片將於2012年下半年上映（選擇得獎季意圖明顯），電影改編自作家多麗絲-卡恩斯-古德溫的著作，由史蒂芬的老搭檔託尼-庫什納撰寫劇本。