Spielberg’s next: 1972 Olympics terrorism drama
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who won his first Oscar for the Holocaust drama “Schindler’s List,” has taken on another tragic moment in modern Jewish history as his next project: the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Spielberg plans to start production in June and is eyeing actor Ben Kingsley for a role in the drama, which will chronicle the Summer Games devastated by the kidnapping and slaying of Israeli athletes by Palestinian militants, a DreamWorks studio spokeswoman said Wednesday.
She said the screenplay will be written by Eric Roth, who won an Oscar for his “Forrest Gump” script and was nominated for “The Insider.”
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