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Redford to Direct Lincoln Assassination Film

August 18, 2009

The Risky Biz Blog reports that Robert Redford will direct the historical drama The Conspirator.

The film tells the story of Mary Surratt, alleged conspirator of Abraham Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth.

James McAvoy is said to be at the top of the producers' list for one of the lead roles.

Shooting starts this fall for the film, written by James Solomon.

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COMMENTS (17)

Posted by:

sean cage

August 18, 2009

okay..... I thought Spielberg was directing this.... Okay I saw Lions for Lambs it was a decent movie so kinda dissappointed and yet also intrigued go figure...

Posted by:

martica

August 18, 2009

Cool. Obviously there were more people behind Lincoln's assassination... just like JFK's assassination.

Posted by:

Rory L. Aronsky

August 18, 2009

"okay..... I thought Spielberg was directing this...."

No. That one is "Lincoln", starring Liam Neeson.

Posted by:

lando

August 18, 2009

This used to be a great site before all of the pop ups. I'm going to stop coming here until this **** gets fixed

Posted by:

FILM GUY

August 18, 2009

Spielberg is directing a Lincoln assassination film. This is a different film.

This is a Saving Private Ryan/The Thin Red Line or Armageddon/Deep Impact rival.

Neeson as Lincoln in Spielberg's will win out.

Posted by:

voiceofreason

August 18, 2009

Every assassination has a team behind it, it's usually never one person. One person is the "assassin" but it's usually thought up by someone else.

Posted by:

endymion

August 18, 2009

I get one pop-up. I close it. Problem solved - so I'll keep coming.

Posted by:

chewy

August 18, 2009

right on, lando. right on.

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Obi-Have

August 18, 2009

Great idea. When is Manhunt coming to film?

Posted by:

TDK Fan

August 18, 2009

Yeah, there was a whole group of people involved in the Lincoln assassination. The plan was actually to kill 3 public officials that night including Lincoln's vice president and his secretary of state. But the guy who was supposed to kill the VP chickened out and the secretary of state survived his attempted assassination. It's definitely a story worth making into a film.