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Steven Spielberg to Direct Film on Abraham Lincoln in 2009

Los Angeles Times 
12:46 PM PT, May 10 2008

Steven Spielberg's long-rumored Abraham Lincoln biopic will go into production in 2009. It may be the director's next project after "Tintin," which is expected to go into production in September.
Steven Spielberg says next project is Abraham Lincoln biopic scheduled for 2009
"I want to start 'Lincoln' in early 2009, because it's Lincoln's 200th anniversary," Spielberg told German magazine Focus while doing advance press for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." (Editor's note: German-to-English translation via Google translator.)

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