Spielberg's Lincoln Casting Up – Both in Quantity & Quality

And to think I was worried Steven Spielberg's Lincoln was cresting.

THR says the Beard is arranging quite the gun-show of characters-actors for this period piece epic with Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role and Sally Field as his wife.

The newbies to the cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Todd Lincoln, the only child of the President's to make it into adulthood and Tommy Lee Jones as Republican congressman Thaddeus Stevens who helped considerably in the legislation for the Civil War. Those two are only ones with specified roles, at the moment. The others are *deep breath* Joseph Cross (Milk), John Hawkes (recent Oscar nominee for Winter's Bone), Hal Holbrook (most recently Into the Wild and just showed up in Water for Elephants), Bruce McGill (D-Day in Animal House among many other roles over the years), Tim Blake Nelson (you kids know known him best for his "Sequel set-up" role in The Incredible Hulk) and James Spader (from Boston Legal with William Shatner, duh!)

Beyond how great this cast is coming together, things are looking especially up for Levitt - explains why he's not showing up for G.I. Joe 2: Cobra Strikes.