Steven Spielberg Scrapped Gershwin Biopic About 'Porgy and Bess' That Would Have Starred Colman Domingo
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Summary
Steven Spielberg revealed on Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast that he had developed and then scrapped a film about Ira and George Gershwin, focusing on the creation of 'Porgy and Bess.' The project had a script and was in the casting stage, with Colman Domingo attached to star. Spielberg ultimately decided not to continue making the film, though he and Domingo later collaborated on the alien thriller 'Disclosure Day.'
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· 3 pulledI was going to make a movie about Ira and George Gershwin, and I was going to make a movie about the process of writing and staging Porgy and Bess.
I had a script, and I was excited, and I was casting...
I decided not to continue making it.
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