The Likes Of Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt & John Hawkes To Join Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’?

The Hollywood Reporter have caught wind that a huge list of actors are in negotiations to join Daniel Day Lewis (Abraham Lincoln) and Sally Field (Mary Todd Lincoln) in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming Abraham Lincoln biopic ‘Lincoln.’ The likes of (takes a deep breath) Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Joseph Cross, David Costabile, Byron Jennings, Dakin Matthews, Boris McGiver, Gloria Reuben, Jeremy Strong and David Warshofsky (catches breathe) are in negotiations to join the flick.

If the THR’s sources are on the money Jones is in negotiations to play Thaddeus Stevens, a Republican leader and congressman from Pennsylvania. Stevens was a staunch supporter of abolishing slavery and was critical to writing the legislation that funded the American Civil War. Gordon-Levitt is in negotiations to take on the role of Robert Todd Lincoln, eldest son of President Lincoln and the only one to live past his teenage years.

I’ve got high hopes for this film. ‘Lincoln’ will be based on the best-selling book, “Team of Rivals,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, the screenplay has been written by the Pulitzer Prize winner, Tony Award winner, and Academy Award nominated writer Tony Kushner. Filming is expected to begin in the fall of 2011 for release in the fourth quarter of 2012.