I've been away on holiday for the last week so apologies for the lack of updates. Thankfully, there hasn't been too much news to speak of, although that should all change in the days and weeks ahead.
That's because tomorrow is Day One of War Horse. Yup, shooting officially gets underway in England on Steven Spielberg's 26th theatrical feature (if you include Tintin).
The World War One drama - starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, David Thewlis and TV's new Sherlock Holmes, Benedict Cumberbatch - is about a farm horse called Joey who gets separated from his owner (Irvine) and is sent to join the cavalry on the battlefields in France.
USA Today's Susan Wloszczyna spoke to Spielberg and he told her why there was a two-year work gap between this and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (not strictly true, because he also shot Tintin in between, but whatever).
"I spent the last few years putting DreamWorks back together," referring to the production company's new distribution deal with Disney. "It kept me busy and away from being a director. We now have six films in production," including War Horse.
The film, written by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) and Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral), is due for release in the US on August 10, 2011.
I'm expecting photos to leak out from the set in the next couple of weeks (it's England, so the paparazzi will be out in force) so keep checking back for further updates.
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