"Jeffrey Wells who is a column writer at Hollywood Elsewhere reports that Spielberg's upcoming biopic project on 'Abraham Lincoln' has been put on hold.

""I spoke to Liam Neeson twice last summer at a couple of post-movie-premiere parties, and he said that the plan was for Steven Spielberg's Abraham Lincoln movie, in which he'll play the title role, to start shooting sometime around March '06. Forget it -- Spielberg's spokesperson Marvin Levy told me yesterday the Lincoln project (which will be based in part upon Doris Kearns Goodwin's recently published book about Lincoln) won't roll anytime soon and is basically up in the air.""

Why the hold if so? Possible reason could be to free the schedule of much awaited 'Indiana Jones 4' or simply time off after Spielberg shot 3 films in span of 2 years."