According to Variety, award-winning filmmaker David Lynch (The Elephant Man) has officially joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film The Fabelmans. This marks Lynch’s first acting project in four years since appearing in the 2017 film Lucky and Twin Peaks Season 3.
The film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on November 23, 2022, pitting it against Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut film Creed III. It is also set to debut in the same month as high-profile superhero films such as Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Flash and Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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The film will be led by Oscar nominee Michelle Williams (Blue Valentine), Paul Dano (The Batman), Seth Rogen (This Is the End), and Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), who have set for roles inspired by Spielberg’s mother, father, favorite uncle, and sister, respectively. Meanwhile, Gabriel LaBelle is set to portray the leading role of Sammy Fabelman, inspired by the E.T. and Indiana Jones filmmaker.
The Fabelmans is loosely inspired by Spielberg’s childhood in Arizona which the director has often cited as a major inspiration for his films. Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish family has been the subject that the director often goes back and pays homage to through his work.
Additional cast includes Oakes Fegley, Gabriel Bateman, Nicolas Cantu, Sam Rechner, Judd Hirsh, Chloe East, Isabell Kusman, Jeannie Berlin, Jan Hoag, and more.
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The semi-autobiographical feature has been in development for more than 20 years. It will be directed and produced by Spielberg from a screenplay he co-wrote with Tony Kushner. Producers are Kushner and Kristie Macosko Krieger.
