Spielberg Casts Seth Rogen in His Upcoming Movie
The next project from Academy Award-winner Steven Spielberg is rounding up a nice cast so far.
Deadline is reporting Seth Rogen has been cast to play Spielberg’s favorite uncle growing up, in the movie that will be loosely based on his childhood. Michelle Williams is set to play a role inspired by his mother, but that ultimately will have a voice of her own. According to Deadline, the casting process is being super secretive around town, like it usually happens with Spielberg’s projects. More casting announcements are expected to come in the next few months, including a young actor that will be playing Spielberg himself.
This is a deeply personal story to the director, and for that reason, he will be co-writing the screenplay alongside a long-time partner of his, Tony Kushner (Lincoln, Munich, 2021’s West Side Story). It will be the first time his name is on the writing credits since A.I. The movie, which is untitled at the moment, will be shooting this summer and aim for a 2022 release date.
Apparently, the director finished post-production on West Side Story late last year, even though the movie had to be removed from the December release schedule. After that, he started thinking about his next project, and in early 2021 he decided to bring his life story to the big screen. Shortly after, he started to meet with talents and finally decided to cast Williams, who blew him away over a number of meetings.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
