Entertainment 14-01-2005 who: Steven Spielberg what: Says he will direct biopic of Abraham Lincoln when: Wednesday snippet: Liam Neeson is set to star in the forthcoming Civil War epic, says The Independent. "Filming is to start next January," adds The Guardian, "but first Spielberg needs to complete his adaptation of HG Wells`s The War of the Worlds, scheduled for a June release. He may also choose to work first on Vengeance, a drama about the hostage crisis at the 1972 Munich Olympics." It seems movies are more popular than ever. The Telegraph says box office takings were at an all-time high last year while The Guardian reports that "more people bought DVDs than cinema tickets last year". In other movie coverage, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston announced last weekend that their marriage was over; The Telegraph`s John Hiscock interviews Barbra Streisand about new comedy Meet the Fockers; and The Sun says Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker has been signed up to voice one of the characters in Shrek 3. [... more]

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