Daniel Day Lews Replacing Liam Neeson in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" Film

The title pretty much sums it up doesn't it? Like a bad trailer, I gave away the whole story. Well, let's re-hash, shall we? Steven Spielberg has been working on this Abraham Lincoln movie for about two years now. Liam Neeson was cast about a year ago to play the United States' 16th President. After months of delays, talks of canceling the project all together, and a bad script rumor, Neeson walked.

Fast forward a few months and the project picks up some steam. Apparently, the script was worked on and touched up. And now this, an AMAZING actor to play the role of an amazing man. Daniel Day Lewis is an AtD favorite. His work in There Will Be Blood was sheer genius. It was the kind of performance that was second to none. Probably the most obvious Oscar race in the last decade.

Day Lewis is a method actor and takes every role, very seriously. He only does a movie every few years because of the time and dedication he gives to every role. I've read online that he takes a few months after a movie shoot to come out of his character's role. Maybe a crazy Hollywood myth, or the workings of a brilliant actor. Either way, we LOVE this casting. See you at the Oscar podium in a year or so Mr. Lewis.

Quickie: Robert Redford Abraham Lincoln movie coming soon

THR’s RiskyBizBlog is reporting that an Abraham Lincoln assassination film to be directed by Robert Redford is in the works.

"The Conspirator" will be about Mary Surrat, an accomplice of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's assassin. She was the first female to be executed by the U.S. Government. The script was written by James Solomon, and is probably influenced by the book "The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln" by Kate Clifford.

There's no word yet on who will play the leading role, but James McAvoy ("Atonement," "Wanted") is in talks to be the lead male possibly as John Surrat, Mary's son, who had his own plot to kidnap Lincoln. It's funny to see how the financing for this film will work out for Redford, seeing as how Steven Speilberg is still having trouble with his own Lincoln flick, and Redford's last directorial outing, "Lions for Lambs," didn't do so well at the box office. Stay tuned in for more on these two later!