Walter Goggins added to cast of 'Lincoln'

Walter Goggins is the newest addition to the cast of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming “Lincoln.”  Goggins will be playing Ohio Congressman Wells A. Hutchins, one of the few democrats who votes in favor of the Thirteenth Amendment that abolishes slavery.

He will co-star alongside the always-great Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, Sally Field, Todd Lincoln (ironic?) and David Strathairn, who also just recently joined the cast as Secretary of State William Seward.

Deadline reports the screenplay is from Tony Kushner, based on the book “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kerns Goodwin.  The film is set to begin production this coming fall in Virginia and should be released in late 2012. 

Daily news dose: 'Battleship' gets release date; Harrison Ford says 'Indy 5' story in the progress

Here is a collection of short but important movie news out of Hollywood and from the Web:

• Universal plans to release Peter Berg's "Battleship" July 1, 2011. The film is a live-action version of the popular Hasbro board game. Berg told Variety the film is "a contemporary story of an international five-ship fleet engaged in a very dynamic, violent and intense battle."

• Harrison Ford apparently can't wait to return to the world of Indiana Jones. Speaking with France's Le Figaro, he said the story for a fifth "Indiana Jones" flick is already taking shape. George Lucas is busy working on the story, he said. I think they should just leave Indy alone for good. Enough is enough.

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