Paramount Says No To “Lincoln”
Kim Masters reports: ‘Money troubles have cost Steven Spielberg the right to partner on his passion project—a film about Abraham Lincoln. With Liam Neeson lined up to star, and Tony Kushner writing the script, Spielberg would like to finish by the end of 2009, the bicentenary of the 16th president’s birth. Spielberg has been developing the project for years and now hopes to start filming. But DreamWorks’ money troubles have cost him. He had been waiting for executives at Paramount—the studio he ditched last year—to decide whether to make the film. But a knowledgeable source told me yesterday that Paramount has passed on “Lincoln.”‘
