Folks out in nearby Taunton are buzzing over rumors that a film-location scout met with the Silver City's economic development director, Dick Shafer, to check out the area for an epic production about the Civil War and our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.While the director and the production remain unconfirmed, Shafer tells the Taunton Call that it's “a famous director, somebody as big as Scorsese."
Based on the info, the Taunton paper strongly believes that mega-director Steven Spielberg has sent out scouts for his announced film "Lincoln," a movie based on historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” According to IMDB, Liam Neeson who worked with Spielberg on "Schindler's List" and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln are rumored to be tied to the project slotted for a 2011 release.
The Three Mile River area, Old Colony Historical Society and the 620 Spring Street Industrial Complex in North Dighton (slotted for demolition) were checked out by the LA-based scout.
As I report here for the NYC-based Contentinople, Spielberg is currently scrambling to find a distributor for DreamWorks SKG after Universal announced on Friday that they have "ended discussions" with his boutique production company.
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