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By Rob Siebert
Editor, Fanboy Wonder

Daniel Day-Lewis, who won Academy Awards for his performances in There Will Be Blood and My Left Foot, is set to play Abraham Lincoln in a Stephen Spielberg-directed film scheduled for a late 2012 release.

Titled Lincoln, the movie will be based on the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin.

Day-Lewis and Goodwin were reportedly in Springfield, Illinois on Friday, touring the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, the Old State Capital, and the Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices.

Liam Neeson was originally slated to play the part, but dropped out.

Sources: OnTheRedCarpet.com, The State Journal-Register.