Stephen Spielberg has decided on his next project. That one act reverberates around the movie world. “It’s a kind of Six Degrees of Spielberg effect: He makes a single move, which sets off a flurry of activity at four studios across town, which sets off more flurries throughout the industry – ripples from a single stone cast in the movie pond by, as producer Mark Johnson calls him, ‘an 800-pound gorilla.’ – Chicago Sun-Times 05/07/00