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Spielberg Cancels Gershwin Biopic, Ends Domingo Collaboration

6/15/2026

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Steven Spielberg abandoned a planned film about Ira and George Gershwin, ending a potential collaboration with actor Colman Domingo.
He told Amy Poehler on the Good Hang podcast that he had a script, was casting, and planned to cast Domingo as Todd Duncan before dropping the project.
Despite the cancellation, Spielberg later cast Domingo as Private Harold Green in Lincoln (2012) and produced The Color Purple (2023) with him.

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Story summary

Steven Spielberg abandoned a planned film about Ira and George Gershwin, ending a potential collaboration with actor Colman Domingo.
He told Amy Poehler on the Good Hang podcast that he had a script, was casting, and planned to cast Domingo as Todd Duncan before dropping the project.
Despite the cancellation, Spielberg later cast Domingo as Private Harold Green in Lincoln (2012) and produced The Color Purple (2023) with him.