The Walt Disney Studios released this incredible first still of Daniel Day-Lewis in character as president Abraham Lincoln, from Steven Spielberg’s upcoming biopic Lincoln.
Like Spielberg’s War Horse, Lincoln is a DreamWorks Studios production and will be distributed in North America by Disney through the Touchtone Pictures banner.
The film, which will focus on the final four months of Lincoln’s life, has an all-star cast which includes Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, and Tommy Lee Jones.
Lincoln opens in select cities on November 9, before going wide November 16.
About Mike Bastoli
Mike Bastoli covers the world of animation on
Big Screen Animation. From 2007 to 2011, he covered Pixar Animation Studios exclusively on The Pixar Blog. His blog became one of the most popular on the Web dedicated to Pixar news. In 2009, The
New York Times online called it the “definitive unofficial chronicler of the animation powerhouse.” Besides Disney and Pixar, Mike is an avid fan of Apple and The Beatles. His favorite non-animated films include Forrest Gump, Father of the Bride (I &II), Jurassic Park, and Good Night and Good Luck. Mike is active on Twitter
@BigScreenToons. He resides near Toronto.
