When Steven Spielberg previously worked with writer Matt Charman and producer Marc Platt, the result was last year's Bridge Of Spies, which won an Oscar from seven nominations and scored a host of other praise. You can see, then, why they might reunite for another real-life story, this time one about legendary American newsman Walter Cronkite.
The actual first spark for this one comes from Charman, who started discussing it with the director while they were out stumping for Spies during the awards season. The untitled script would look at Cronkite's coverage of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, and how he began to sway American opinion against the troubled conflict. Following a strictly PR trip in 1965 organised by the government and military in an attempt to show progress was being made, he returned in 1968 and saw the truth for himself. His report became one of the first op-ed pieces on US television news and still stands as a landmark in broadcast history.
It's still early days for this one, with Charman working on the script and Spielberg deciding if he'll direct it himself or hand it off to someone else. It's currently in development art Amblin Partners, and would have to wait in any regard as Spielberg has The BFG out next month, Ready Player One preparing to shoot, The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara to follow that and then, potentially, another Indiana Jones film. But if the Cronkite film does go ahead, who wants to put odds on Spies' Mark Rylance playing a role?