Washington
(ANI):
Actress
Sally
Field
is
all
set
to
play
Mary
Todd
Lincoln
in
Steven
Spielberg's
long-gestating
biopic
'Lincoln'.
The
film
will
be
based
on
historian
Doris
Kearns
Goodwin's
'Team
of
Rivals:
The
Political
Genius
of
Abraham
Lincoln'.
According
to
Hollywood
Reporter,
the
movie
may
focus
on
the
16th
US
president's
role
in
leading
the
North
in
the
Civil
War.
The
newspaper
also
reported
that
Liam
Neeson
has
been
signed
to
play
Lincoln
in
the
movie.
Earlier,
it
was
being
speculated
that
Marcia
Gay
Harden
could
bag
the
character
of
Lincoln's
wife.
Tony
Kushner
is
writing
the
screenplay
for
the
DreamWorks
project.
Spealberg
will
focus
his
attention
to
'Lincoln'
once
he
completes
'Indiana
Jones
and
the
Kingdom
of
the
Crystal
Skull.