‘Fabelmans’ Writer Tony Kushner on Dramatizing Steven Spielberg’s Life and What They’re Working on Next: ‘I’m Excited About It’
thewrap.comfour times on four completely different movies: 2005’s thorny political thriller “Munich;” 2012’s historical biography “Lincoln;” 2021’s epic musical “West Side Story;” and most recently, 2022’s autobiographical “The Fabelmans,” the story of how Steven Spielberg became Steven Spielberg.
Only one other screenwriter, David Koepp, has collaborated with the filmmaker as often (and they had a fifth project in pre-production that fell apart at the eleventh hour).
Kushner and Spielberg’s ongoing collaboration is perhaps the most important of either artist’s career.So sitting down with Kushner to talk about “The Fabelmans” and his journey with Spielberg, it was easy to feel intimidated. (One rarely gets to talk to a Pulitzer Prize winner.) But Kushner was warm and open about their collaboration and its difficulties – including where they might be headed next.When you did “Munich,” did you think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful relationship with Mr.
Spielberg?No, not at all. I really loved working with him on “Munich.” It was so much unlike what became our way of working because I wrote the screenplay fairly quickly and then I took a little bit longer than he liked for rewriting it.
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