<P> Spielberg read the screenplay and decided to direct the film as soon as possible, citing that "when I read the first draft of the script, this wasn't something that could wait three years or two years--this was a story I felt we needed to tell today ." Spielberg worked on The Post while post-production work continued on the visual - effects - heavy Ready Player One, a situation familiar to him from concurrently producing, in the early 1990s, Jurassic Park and Schindler's List . Josh Singer was hired to re-write the screenplay ten weeks before filming . </P> <P> As filming commenced, a number of New York Times figures who were associated with the Pentagon Papers case--among them James Greenfield, James Goodale, Allan Siegal, and Max Frankel--objected to the film's production due to the script's lack of emphasis on the Times' role in breaking the story . Goodale, who was at the time the Times's in - house counsel, later called the film "a good movie but bad history ." </P> <P> The film began principal photography in New York on May 30, 2017 . On June 6, 2017, it was announced that the project, retitled The Papers, would also star 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 . On August 25, 2017, the film's title reverted to The Post . Spielberg finished the final cut of the film on November 6, 2017, with the final sound mix also completed along with the musical score a week later, on November 13 . </P> <P> Writing for The New York Times, Manogla Dargis indicated some high points in the costume design used in the film stating, "The costume designer Ann Roth subtly brightens Katharine, taking her from leaden gray to free - flowing gold .". </P>

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