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Speaking to MovieWeb about the new WarGames : 25th Anniversary Edition DVD, producer Walter F. Parkes – quizzed about his upcoming projects – mentioned that Steven Spielberg is no longer attached to direct “The Trial of the Chicago 7”.
“No, he is not going to do it”, Parkes, also the producer of the upcoming “The Uninvited”, said. “He kind of had a moment of availability to do it, and the strike got in the way. We were unable to do the script work that Steven felt he needed and then, by the time the strike was over, he had already committed himself to to begin production on Tintin, which he’s shooting along with (producer) Peter Jackson, and I guess it’s in October or November. So, it’s not inconceivable that he would come back, but for now, he’s had to move on to Tintin, which is something that he’s been working on for 20 years.”
Sacha Baron Cohen had been persuaded by Spielberg to play political campaigner Abbie Hoffman in the film, which is based around eight Vietnam protesters accused of inciting a riot at the 1968 Democrat party convention.
