First Look at PRINCE CASPIAN Concept Art

Here it is, and there is much more to come as production gets under way the beginning of February:

Liam Neeson Preps for LINCOLN

It has long been rumored that one of Spielberg's next projects was going to be a bipoic on Abraham Lincoln. We now get official word from actor Liam Neeson (Schindler's List, Batman Begins, Kingdom of Heaven) that he is indeed preping for the role. This is exciting to hear because I can think of no better choice than Neeson. Not only does Neeson exude masculinity and gravitas in a world where male leads have been watered down by the feminization of our culture, but he is also one heck of an actor. Great choice Mr. Speilberg, I can't wait!


Here is a recent interview Neeson did with COMINGSOON.NET:
(http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=18545)


ComingSoon.net sat down in New York on Tuesday with Liam Neeson to talk about his role in the new western Seraphim Falls. During the discussion he let spill some details of his preparation for Steven Spielberg's planned biopic Lincoln, in which Neeson will play the famously tall and doomed 16th President.

ComingSoon.net: Did what you learned about the Civil War era for "Seraphim Falls" inform your preparation for "Lincoln"?

Neeson: Oh absolutely, yeah because when they asked me to do "Seraphim Falls" I was already a year into research for "Lincoln." Very very heavily into the Civil War and that whole period. That's still an ongoing process.

CS: What sort of things are you doing to portray this person who was certainly never captured on film and whose physical mannerisms and voice are basically hearsay?

Neeson: We know a lot about him, it's not hearsay. There's over two-thousand books written on this man. Two-thousand. Some of them are great books, I've read about twenty-two maybe.

CS: Have you visited his home?

Neeson: I've been there. I've been to Washington, I've held his wallet, I've said a prayer on the Bible he was inaugurated on. Still ongoing… there's an extraordinary Lincoln bicentennial committee, a place I go to in Washington. I got to know this guy Michael Bishop who's the co-chair. He gave me access to all this Lincoln stuff. I read his personal letters and stood on the stage at Ford's Theater.

CS: Did they let you into the balcony?

Neeson: You can't go in there, no. It's sealed off. But I love the fact that he loved the theater. There's not too many presidents you see going to see plays every so often. Lincoln did, all the time! He supported live theater, which is terrific.

CS: He should have stayed away from "Our American Cousin."

Neeson: I know. (laughs)

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*Note: Neeson will also be returning as the voice of the Great Lion Aslan in the Chronicles of the Narnia: Prince Caspian, which arrives in theaters May, 2008!

OSCAR NOMINATIONS ARE IN!

The awards season is officially coming to end as we near the culminating event, the Academy Awards. You can see all of this years nominations by viewing the following site:

www.oscars.com

The Acadeny Awards air on ABC on Sunday, Feburary 25th!

*Note: I will be coming out with my own top ten list for the year, as well as my predictions for the winners come Oscar night in the next few weeks!