LITTLE ROCK — Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis is preparing for his role as Abraham Lincoln by visiting the state where the former president began his political career. DreamWorks Studios said Day-Lewis will star in the Steven Spielberg-directed film Lincoln. The movie is based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, who joined Day-Lewis on his tour in Illinois. The State Journal-Register reported the actor toured several historic sites Friday in Springfield, including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, the Lincoln Home and the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln served as a legislator. Filming is expected to begin next fall, and the movie is to be released in late 2012.
Lindsay Lohan won’t be playing 1970s adult-film star Linda Lovelace in the movie Inferno. Writer-director Matthew Wilder said his production team is in negotiations with another actress and will make an announcement soon. Some media reports said the 24-year-old starlet quit to focus on her court-ordered rehab for drug addiction; others said Wilder wanted her replaced. The Mean Girls star is expected to be in rehab in Southern California until at least Jan. 3. The actress has become more of a tabloid mainstay than box-office draw since a pair of high-profile arrests in 2007 led to a drug and drunken-driving case. A judge last month ordered Lohan to rehab. It was her fifth time in court since May. The ruling allowed her to avoid a fourth trip to jail.
Front Section, Pages 2 on 11/22/2010