Spielberg Puts 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre Movie on Fast Track
February 16th, 2005
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Steven Spielberg plans a summer start for his delayed movie about the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, and a December 23 release in theaters. Universal/DreamWorks had been set to go before the cameras last year. Casting was under way when Spielberg decided to have Angels in America playwright Tony Kushner do a rewrite on the project, on which writers Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump") and Charles Randolph ("The Interpreter") also had worked. With the project postponed, Spielberg moved quickly to begin filming his adaptation of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds", starring Tom Cruise. Universal Pictures will released the Olympics film domestically.
(Source: Hollywood Reporter)
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