Seems like there’s more than a handful of Abraham Lincoln movies either coming out or in production, but we’re definitely looking forward to director Steven Spielberg’s LINCOLN, which features Daniel Day-Lewis as the famous American President. Today the studio(s) have release the first official image from the film, which is quite impressive. That is in fact Daniel Day-Lewis as Abe, though I’m betting you could make that black and white, put some grain on it, and fool even the most discerning political archivists. This ain’t no ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, but an obviously realistic take on the noted figure. LINCOLN co-stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt (as Robert Todd Lincoln), Tommy Lee Jones (as Thaddeus Stevens), Jackie Earle Haley (as Alexander Stephens), Jared Harris (as Ulysses S. Grant), and Sally Field (as Mary Todd Lincoln). David Strathairn, Lee Pace, James Spader, John Hawkes, Walton Goggins and Michael Stuhlbarg are also featured. What a cast! Check out the uncanny image below and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
“Lincoln” focuses on the last four months of the president’s life and the political strategizing he undertook at the close of the Civil War to ensure that slavery would be forever outlawed. “Our movie is really about a working leader who must make tough decisions and get things done in the face of overwhelming opposition,” Spielberg says.
“Lincoln” is a DreamWorks, Twentieth Century Fox, Participant Media production opening in limited release November 9, expanding November 16, 2012.
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Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
