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deadlinehollywooddaily.com - 2/23/2008

Spielberg Delays Start Of 'Chicago 7' Due To Uncertainty Over A SAG Strike

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EXCLUSIVE: I've just been told that the famed director has backed off setting an April start date for his pic The Trial Of The Chicago 7 and won't finalize a new start date until the Screen Actors Guild and AMPTP agree on a deal. "It's a de facto casualty of SAG. He's still working on it with producers Walter Parkes [...]

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Spielberg delays Chicago 7
Filmstalker — ... had caused Spielberg to drop the idea of making the film. Well not so, I really don't think that Spielberg would do that after reading one internet story. Then they carried the idea that perhaps it was because Lincoln's 200th birthday is on February 12th 2009 – except it's not really because he's dead, the anniversary of his birth most definitely is though. However, that aside it doesn't appear to be the reason either. Deadline Hollywood Daily seem to have the most plausible response, saying that considering how excited ...

Steven Spielberg Delays The Trial of the Chicago 7?
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Spielberg Delays ‘Chicago 7′
At The Movies - Film News and Reviews — ... Shooting was set to begin at the end of March or early April, but now has no date, and according to Deadline Hollywood Daily, one won’t be set until the Screen Actors Guild and AMPTP agree on a deal. ...