Steven Spielberg adds Vietnam/Walter Cronkite Film to Busy Slate

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By Darian Scalamoni

        Steven Spielberg is a busy guy naturally, I mean he’s directed some of the most classic pieces of cinema ever. His filmography sparkles with films of all genres, colors and subjects including; Saving Private Ryan, Schindler’s List, Catch Me If You Can, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Jaws and of course, all of the Indiana Jones films. That is just naming a few. Deadline now reports that his next feature that has been added to his slate will follow legendary newscaster, Walter Cronkite.

            The movie that is untitled as of now will reunite Spielberg with Bridge of Spies collaborators, Matt Charman and Marc Platt. This isn’t expected to be a normal biopic though as it will cover Cronkite’s relationship with the Vietnam War. He is known to have had a great impact and turned public opinion on the controversial conflict of the war.

            Though this project seems like an exciting one especially due to Spielberg’s success with historical dramas in the past, this movie is ways away. Currently on his slate, he also has The BFG which will be released in theaters on July 1^st. Along with that, he has two films in pre-production. One of them being the highly anticipated, Ready Player One and then he will direct The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara that stars Oscar-winner, Mark Rylance. Also, you can’t forget Indiana Jones 5 that is expected to be released in 2019.

            It’s amazing to see Spielberg still be a consistent filmmaker at the latter part of his career. Whatever else he adds to his slate going forward, you know I’ll be first in line to see it.