Daniel Day-Lewis is no stranger to transforming himself for his films (and he's got two Oscars to prove it), but boy is he unrecognizable as our 16th president in this first official photo from Lincoln. Steven Spielberg's film, which also stars Sally Field and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, follows Abraham Lincoln in the last four months of his life. I can feel the award season buzz already, but we'll know more when the film hits theaters on Nov. 9. What do you think of the photo?
Daniel Day-Lewis is arguably one of the greatest actors of his time, and now he's going to take on one of the greatest American figures of all time. The Oscar-winning actor has signed on to play Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln, a biopic to be directed by Steven Spielberg.
Spielberg himself announced the news, praising Day-Lewis and saying that he is "grateful and inspired that our paths will finally cross with Lincoln." The film is being adapted from the book Team of Rivals, about the 16th US president. Screenwriting duty is going to Tony Kushner, who was nominated for Munich. Is there any way this movie isn't going to sweep awards season when it comes out?
