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.

DiCaprio to Portray J. Edgar Hoover

Warner Bros. and Malpaso Productions' upcoming biopic about the FBI's founding director, J. Edgar Hoover, will star Leonardo DiCaprio. Deadline confirmed the news earlier about the untitled film, which was written by Milk's Dustin Lance Black and set to be directed by Clint Eastwood.

Hoover was known as being an eccentric man who might have been a homosexual. I think the casting choice of DiCaprio is a good one. He's excellent at playing odd figures, as in The Aviator. Also, it will be interesting to see how Lance Black has tied-in the homosexual undertones.

I'm not a big fan of Eastwood's directing style, and Tonedog disagrees, I'm sure, (although I really liked Changeling). But I think that Eastwood's style will work nicely here, given the central figure. He can just set the camera down and let the actor take over.

Your thoughts, anyone?

Scorsese Wants De Niro and Pacino for a Sinatra Biopic

Martin Scorsese has been planning on making a Frank Sinatra biopic for a while now, and there is a lot of information about it so far. Some info is rumors, some is confirmed. Here's what we know so far. The film is to be called Sinatra. Universal has already made a deal with Tina Sinatra, Frank's daughter, and the Sinatra Estate and Warner Music Group to allow them to use any of Frank's original recordings, which may even include some unreleased material. Tina Sinatra is already on as executive producer of the project and given Scorsese full control of the project has stated that she trusts him to "present the truth" about the legendary singer. Deadline|Hollywood's Nikki Finke had previously stated that Universal's top pick to play the lead was Johnny Depp. However, in a recent interview Scorsese gave with The Hindu, a national Indian newspaper, he states "I'm yet to spot the actor who can bring back Frank Sinatra alive on screen. My choice is Al Pacino, and Robert De Niro as Dean Martin."



Scorsese also confirms in the interview that the initial script is ready, which was written by Academy Award nominee Phil Alden Robinson, who wrote and directed Field of Dreams.

In an interview with ShortList, Scorsese has stated the following about the structure: "in structure I’d like it to be more like GoodFellas. But like The Aviator, it only deals with certain times in his life. We can’t go through the greatest hits of Sinatra’s life. We tried this already. Just can’t do it. So the other way to go is to have three or four different Sinatras. Younger. Older. Middle-aged. Very old. You cut back and forth in time – and you do it through the music. See what I’m saying?"


What do you guys think? Is Pacino the right choice to play Ol' Blue Eyes?

"The Last Station" Trailer

Directed by Michael Hoffman, The Last Station is a biopic about Russian author Leo Tolstoy.

Christopher Plummer stars as Tolstoy, and is joined by James McAvoy, Helen Mirren, Kerry Condon and AtD favorite Paul Giamatti.

Fox Searchlight to make a Ramones bio-pic

Risky Business Blog is reporting that Fox Searchlight is getting ready to make a Ramones bio-pic. I don't want to spend too much time on who the Ramones were, because you should already know! They basically invented the punk rock genre in 1974. Not all the members were related, they just all carried the Ramones last name; that of the lead singer and guitarist: Joey and Johnny Ramone respectively.

In the past, a Ramones movie has been rumored but never happened. It went as far as to be part of the HBO hit, Entourage. In that show, the lead actor (playing an actor), is rumored to play Joey Ramone.

I would personally be very interested in seeing how the band came together, their rise to the top and what drama took place along the way. It's a band I've heard about my entire life, yet I know nothing about their roots. I know their music, but not the members; I would pay money to see this movie! Would you?