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Steven Spielberg Has Dropped Out of The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Collider Exclusive
Steven Spielberg Has Dropped Out of The Trial of the Chicago 7 - Collider Exclusive
2/22/2008 Posted by Frosty But now, after confirming it with two sources, I can definitely say that Steve Spielberg has decided to move on and will not be making the movie. I'm not sure if it's due to the script not being good enough, or perhaps something better came along, I just know that he's dropped out. Perhaps we'll finally be getting that Lincoln movie. But while we can all wonder the ...
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Spielberg bailing on "Chicago 10"?
Hollywood Elsewhere — Spielberg bailing on "Chicago 10"? Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 22, 2008 at 12:53 PM Collider's Steve Weintraub is reporting that Steven Spielberg has bailed out of directing the Trial of the Chicago 7 movie, which I've been saying was a ...

Speilberg Drops Out of Chicago 7?
Film School Rejects — ... It was confirmed by an online source over at Collider.com that Steven Speilberg has dropped out of the upcoming drama The Trial of the Chicago 7. The courtroom drama about activist Abbie Hoffman (rumored to be played by Sacha Baron Cohen) and his gang, scripted by Aaron Sorkin (Charlie Wilson’s War), was set to begin filming sometime this spring, but due to this news will surely be put on hold. ...

Steven Spielberg Dumps 'Chicago 7?'
Cinematical — ... , were joining the cast. However, now we have word from Collider that Spielberg "has decided to move on and will not be making the movie." ...

Steven Spielberg Delays The Trial of the Chicago 7?
FirstShowing.net — ... Collider reports yesterday that the latest innuendo indicates Spielberg will, in fact, be walking away from the project - a fact confirmed by two sources. Shortly after that piece appeared, Nikki Finke stated on ...

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