Spielberg to helm Gods and Kings for Warner Bros

MUMBAI: Warner Bros is in talks with Steven Spielberg to direct Gods and Kings, a new religious film that follows the Biblical story of Moses from the Old Testament.

The script of the film charts the prophet‘s life from birth to death and focuses on his quest to free the Jewish people from the oppression of the Egyptian civilisation.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that British actor David Oyelowo has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln, a biopic of the 16th President of the United States that stars Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role. Oyelowo will play a cavalryman in the film based on definitive Lincoln biography ‘Team of Rivals‘ by Doris Kearns Goodwin.