Steven Spielberg is making a Western. His first.
A Hollywood Reporter profile of cinematographer Janusz Kamiński, published November 8, confirms the untitled film is targeting a 2027 production start. Kamiński, who has shot every Spielberg film since Schindler's List (1993), is already thinking about the landscape. He drew on memories of Poland's Sudeten Mountains. "They looked like parts of Montana," he said.
Spielberg teased the project at SXSW in March 2026. "I have something in development. And it kicks ass," he told The Big Picture podcast. "There will be horses. There will be guns." He added there would be no stereotypes.
No cast or studio has been announced. A 2027 start would put a release in 2028 at the earliest. Spielberg turns 80 in December and said in 2025 he has "no plans ever to retire."
His most recent film, Disclosure Day (2026), grossed $239 million worldwide against a reported $300 million break-even. Despite five decades of Westerns-adjacent cinema, the director has never made one. The outline is now on record: horses, guns, no shortcuts.
