Production Underway on Spielberg's THE PAPERS, Starring Meryl Streep & Tom Hanks

Twentieth Century FOX and Amblin Entertainment's riveting drama inspired by actual events, THE PAPERS, began principal photography in New York on Tuesday, May 30th. Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg helms a powerhouse cast including Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in THE PAPERS. In June 1971 The New York Times, the Washington Post and the nation's major newspapers took a brave stand for freedom of speech and reported on the Pentagon Papers, the massive cover-up of government SECRETS that spanned four decades and four US Presidents. At the time, the Post's Katherine Graham (Streep) was still finding her footing as the country's first female newspaper publisher, and Ben Bradlee (Hanks), the paper's volatile, driven editor, was trying to enhance the stature of the struggling, local paper. Together, the two formed an unlikely team, as they were forced to come together and make the bold decision to support The New York Times and fight the Nixon Administration's unprecedented attempt to restrict the first amendment.

THE PAPERS marks the first time Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on a project. In addition to directing, Spielberg will also produce along with Amy Pascal and Kristie Macosko Krieger. The script was written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer and features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods.

An Amblin Entertainment production, THE PAPERS will be distributed domestically by Twentieth Century FOX and will be in select theaters December 22nd, going wide January 12th, 2018. Internationally, the film will be distributed through Amblin's deals with Universal Studios, Reliance Entertainment, eOne and other international distribution partnerships.

About Twentieth Century FOX Film One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Twentieth Century FOX Film produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of the studio: Twentieth Century Fox, FOX 2000 Pictures, FOX Searchlight Pictures, FOX International Productions, and Twentieth Century FOX Animation/Blue Sky Studios.

About Amblin Entertainment Amblin Entertainment is a production label of Amblin Partners, a content creation company formed by DreamWorks Studios, Participant Media, Reliance Entertainment, and Entertainment One (eOne). With additional investors including Alibaba Pictures and Universal Pictures, the company develops and produces films using the Amblin, DreamWorks Pictures and Participant banners and includes Amblin Television, a longtime leader in quality programming.