Paul Dano is joining Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming drama that is loosely based on the filmmaker’s childhood.
Spielberg wrote the script with frequent collaborator Tony Kushner and will direct the project, which is loosely based on the filmmaker's formative years growing up in Arizona.
Dano will play a character inspired by Spielberg's father, but as Amblin Partners notes, “with a separate and original voice.” Williams is already set as the mother while Rogen will portray an uncle.
Shooting starts this summer, eyeing a 2022 release. Spielberg’s father, Arnold Spielberg, was a towering figure in the director’s life.
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