Steven Spielberg Speaks Briefly on His ‘Robopocalypse’ Adaptation

Though he had two films released in 2011, The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse, director Steven Spielberg isn’t slowing down at all. Currently the filmmaker is working on Lincoln with Daniel Day-Lewis as the titular 16th President of the United States, but after that, the iconic director will return to science fiction with his adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s book Robopocalypse scripted by Cloverfield writer Drew Goddard. Few details have emerged on the project, but recently Time Out London (via The Playlist) sat down with Spielberg who talked a bit about his approach to the story and what drew him to the proejct. For those joining us, here’s the official synopsis of Daniel H. Wilson’s book: They are in your house. They are in your car. They are in the skies…Now they’re coming for you. In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs …