We haven't heard that much from the Steven Spielberg film Lincoln starring Liam Neeson as the famous president, until now.

There's an announcement that tells us that Sally Field, who I'll always remember for Smokey and the Bandit but is more commonly known for Brothers and Sisters, has signed up to play the wife of the President, Mary Todd.

The news comes from Newsweek through Coming Soon.

The script is written from the Pulitzer Prize winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's novel Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com).