Spielberg's LINCOLN Project isn't Dead and Robert Downey Jr. may Be Cast in HARVEY

Steven Spielberg has been working on his Abraham Lincoln project for years! And with Robert Redford's next film based around his assassination, The Conspirator, many people have wondered if Spielberg still plans to make his Lincoln film, they answer to that is, yes. Spielberg is not giving up on the project! We asked about Redford's project, Spielberg said:

We are very happy that Redford will be doing this Lincoln movie. It is completely different from what our DreamWorks Lincoln movie will be, and we believe that it will add to the commercial potential of our film. Lincoln as a subject is inexhaustible.

Spielberg's Lincoln story reportedly was to focus on the president's anguish over the length and toll of the Civil War. I'm just happy to hear it's not dead. The story of Abraham Lincoln is a story that needs to be told in film form. As of right now Spielberg is gearing up to direct a remake of Harvey, and in the article that variety ran they added that Robert Downey Jr. may possibly star in the film. Here is what was said:

Spielberg is presently focusing on his "reimagining" of "Harvey," with Robert Downey Jr. possibly playing the man who sees an invisible rabbit.

This is the first thing we have seen from any kind of casting on the film and I hope it's true, Downey Jr. would be great as Elwood P. Dowd, a role which was made famous by Jimmy Stewart. Elwood P. Dowd is a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit.

So what do you think of the possibility that Downey Jr. will take on the lead role in Harvey?