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Steven Spielberg is finally preparing to make his first full-fledged Western, with the film targeting a 2027 production start, according to cinematographer Janusz Kamiński in a new THR profile. Kamiński, who has photographed more than 20 Spielberg films over a collaboration spanning three decades, is already thinking about the film’s landscapes. He’s drawing inspiration from Poland’s Sudeten Mountains, whose rolling hills remind him of Montana, along with the snow and fog of the region. Spielberg previously teased the project at SXSW, promising horses, guns and a Western without the genre’s usual tropes or stereotypes. Now his longtime creative partner is getting ready to bring that vision to the screen.