jakmanor.blogspot.com Seth Rogen is set to play Steven Spielberg's "favorite uncle" in the director's upcoming semi-biographical film, which is loosely based on Spielberg's childhood growing up in Arizona.According to
Deadline, Rogen has been tapped to play the beloved uncle of young Spielberg in the untitled film. He joins the cast alongside Michelle Williams who is reportedly on board to play a character inspired by Spielberg's mother. Casting is also said to be underway for several of the various child roles, one of which will "play the part inspired by the young storyteller."Since the story is very personal to Spielberg, the renowned filmmaker is partaking in screenwriting duties for the first time in 20 years (with 2001's A.I. Artificial Intelligence being the last time that he penned a screenplay for a feature film). Spielberg has collaborated on this new script with Tony Kushner, who he previously worked with on Munich, Lincoln, and his upcoming West Side Story remake.Spielberg and Kushner are also serving as producers alongside Kristie Macosko Krieger, who is another frequent-collaborator of Spielberg's, having started out as an associate producer on 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull before going on to produce the likes of 2015's Bridge of Spies and 2017's The Post — both of which received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture.
Spielberg is among the most powerful and influential people to have ever worked in Hollywood. The famed director rose to prominence in the 1970s and helped to invent the modern blockbuster with films like Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and for the most part, he has stayed at the top of the game ever since.
Spielberg's next directorial feature appears to be a follow-up undertaking to his West Side Story remake, which has had its
release date pushed back almost exactly a year, from a holiday 2020 release to a holiday 2021 slot due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Spielberg's upcoming film adaptation of David Kertzer's book The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara is also in pre-production.
Production on Spielberg's upcoming semi-biographical film is scheduled to start this summer, with a planned release for sometime in 2022.
Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.
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