Meryl Streep Lands 4 Roles in Lincoln in the Bardo
The hybrid film blends stop-motion and live action to portray Lincoln’s grief, with Streep voicing four characters in the adaptation of George Saunders’s novel.
- Meryl Streep has joined the cast of the hybrid feature film 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' starring Tom Hanks as President Abraham Lincoln and exploring his grief over his 11-year-old son, Willie Lincoln.
- Director Duke Johnson adapts George Saunders' bestselling novel about the Civil War-era president, utilizing a unique blend of stop-motion animation and live action to depict this intimate moment of Lincoln's life.
- Colman Domingo, Bill Hader, and Tom Waits have also joined the production, alongside voice actors Jonathan Bailey, Willem Dafoe, and Peter Dinklage for the stop-motion animation segments.
- Streep will voice four parts, including Abigail Blass and Elizabeth Crawford, plus an Angel helping lost souls escape the bardo and a Demon attempting to trap Willie Lincoln in the cemetery.
- Production will take place in London, with CAA Media Finance and WME Independent handling sales. The film explores themes of love and human connection amid unimaginable grief.
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Tom Waits also hops on board along with Tom Hanks and Willem Dafoe, the A-list cast for director Duke Johnson’s stop-motion animation and live-action film.
Meryl Streep (77) joins Colman Domingo (56), Bill Hader (48) and Tom Waits for the cast of the literary film "Lincoln im Bardo". As The Hollywood Reporter reports, in the extraordinary hybrid project of real film and stop-motion animation, the Oscar winner takes over four speaking roles. Meryl can be heard as Abigail Blass and Elizabeth Crawford. In addition, there is an angel who is supposed to lure lost souls out of the intermediate state, as …
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