The London Sunday Times reports that Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast to play Abbie Hoffman in a drama about the trial of the Chicago Seven that Steven Spielberg may direct, from a script by Aaron Sorkin. That is, says Variety, if Spielberg doesn't make his Abraham Lincoln movie first, starring Liam Neeson and based on a Tony Kushner script.
Who's Abbie Hoffman, the younger readers are wondering? Sort of the Sacha Baron Cohen of the late 60s, except with a lot more socio-political importance (or pretentions, if you will). Oh, just read the Wikipedia entry. I'm assuming you know who Lincoln is.
