Deadline reports that Jackie Earle Haley is set for Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, playing the role of Alexander Stephens. Stephens was vice president of the Confederate States during the Civil War and a nemesis of Lincoln’s slavery reform agenda.

Steven Spielberg’s movie about Abraham Lincoln will start filming shortly with a target release of November-December 2012. The film, based Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book “Team of Rivals,” will focus on the last four months of Lincoln’s life. Although the film is not a battlefield movie, Spielberg has revealed that there are battles in it. It also is probable the film will include Lincoln’s landslide re-election, his second inaugural address, and the passing of the thirteenth amendment which all happened in the film’s target timeframe. The film will be released after next year’s election to avoid political issues. Details.

Casting agents for director Steven Spielberg’s movie about Abraham Lincoln, parts of which will be filmed in Richmond and Petersburg, are looking for extras, and will hold a casting call Sept. 15. Filming is scheduled to begin in October. For details, see: Richmond Times-Dispatch (September 8 issue).

David Strathairn has been set for a key role in Lincoln by director Steven Spielberg. He’ll play William Seward, Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State, an outspoken abolitionist and a core member of Lincoln’s wartime cabinet. Details.

Deadline reports that Lee Pace has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’, playing opportunistic New York City mayor Fernando Wood, a prominent early supporter of the Confederate cause. Mayor Wood traded frequent correspondence with President Lincoln. For more information see: Twilight Saga Actor Lee Pace Joins ‘Lincoln’.

Deadline reports that Walton Goggins has joined the cast of director Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’. He will play Ohio Congressman Wells A. Hutchins, a progressive Democrat who goes against his party and votes in favor of the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery. For more information see: Walton Goggins Joins Cast Of ‘Lincoln’.

Steven Spielberg is working on adding the team for his Lincoln movie. Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader and John Hawkes are in talks to co-star in the movie. For more information see: Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” adds actors.

Steven Spielberg will begin shooting his movie about Abraham Lincoln in Richmond and Petersburg this fall. The film is scheduled for release in 2012. For more information see: Petersburg Newspaper: The Progress-Index.

DreamWorks Studios has announced that two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field will star as Mary Todd Lincoln in DreamWorks Studios’ “Lincoln” to be directed by Steven Spielberg. The film will be produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Steven Spielberg. For more information see: DreamWorks Studios and Vanity Fair.

In November it was reported that Steven Spielberg’s film about Abraham Lincoln finally has a start date (Fall 2011) with a targeted release date (Fall 2012). The film will star Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln. The film is based on the book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, with the screenplay written by Tony Kushner. For more information see: DreamWorks Studios and Vanity Fair.