The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2008)

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Spielberg bailing on "Chicago 10"?
Published 2/22/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
... since early January. (Even with a script by Aaron Sorkin and rumors about Will Smith playing Bobby Seale and Sacha Baron Cohen playing Abbie Hoffman, etc.) Make the Abraham Lincoln movie with Liam Neeson . Make the Abraham Lincoln movie with Liam Neeson. Make the friggin' Abraham Lincoln movie with Liam Neeson already! I called Spielberg spokesperson Marvin Levy three minutes ago to check on this, but all I got was a message machine. (Oh, wait...it's lunch hour.) Weintraub says he's (a) confirmed the Spielberg bail-out with two sources and (b) believes that ...

Steven Spielberg Dumps 'Chicago 7?'
Published 2/23/2008 by Christopher Campbell at Cinematical
... next film. For a few months now, we've believed that film would be, like Morgen's, about the trial of the "Chicago 7" and would be fittingly titled The Trial of the Chicago 7. First we heard ...

Steven Spielberg Delays The Trial of the Chicago 7?
Published 2/23/2008 by Kevin Powers at FirstShowing.net
... leaks, so who knows what to think. Rumor reporting is a tiring job, but such chasing is expected with anything surrounding Spielberg's projects. I hope that he or his reps will come forward soon and clear the air a bit. The Screen Actors Guild contract expires in June, so it should be pretty clear in the next month or so whether production could begin on the film, or if it'll definitely be shelved until contract negotiations have settled and things are a bit stable. The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a new film written by Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good ...

RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHO NEEDS THEM?
Published 3/4/2008 by Tim at Antagony & Ecstasy
... Lee Weiner. Their lawyers, eventually brought up on contempt charges, were William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass. These ten men give the film its title, despite the tradition of referring to the trial of the Chicago 7; Rubin once suggested that such a designation was racist (ignoring Seale, who was eventually tried separately), and unfair to the lawyers. I look forward to watching Steven Spielberg and Aaron Sorkin trip up on that question during a press conference for the upcoming Trial of the Chicago 7 . But let us not muddy the waters with an upcoming bit of Oscarbait. We ...

Paul Greengrass Directing The Trial of the Chicago 7?
Published 18 days ago by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... ) and I was only initially interested in Spielberg because he did such a good job with Munich. As for Greengrass, sure he can direct great Bourne movies, but that doesn't mean he'll make this entertaining. So far this sounds like a real scoop, so we'll be sure to let you know if it's confirmed or not. The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a film written by ...