Colin Firth Circling Steven Spielberg’s Untitled Event Movie At Amblin And Universal – The Dish

EXCLUSIVE: After tapping Emily Bunt to star in May, Steven Spielberg looks to have found another A-lister for his next event film as Deadline is hearing Colin Firth is in early talks to join the cast. The Amblin and Universal pic is based on a story by Spielberg and has the filmmaker’s longtime collaborator David Koepp penning the script.

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Universal and Amblin had no comment.

Kristie Macosko Krieger is producing. Plot details have been kept under lock and key.

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Universal has dated the film for May 15, 2026 , landing it in the summer tentpole zone Spielberg practically created decades ago with such films as Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark . It would mark his fist major summer release in quite some time.

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This would mark the first time The King’s Speech Oscar winner Firth and three-time Oscar winner Spielberg have worked together. Firth is coming off his Emmy-nominated role in the HBO limited series The Staircase. He recently wrapped production on the Peacock series Lockerbie and has a role in Prime Video’s upcoming Guy Ritchie series Young Sherlock.

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His film credits also include the Kingsman and Bridget Jones franchises, 1917, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again , A Single Man, Love Actually, Girl with a Pearl Earring and The English Patient.

Firth is repped by CAA.

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