The new title is The Post, in reference to The Washington Post, the newspaper critical in the exposure and publication of the damning Pentagon Papers report that triggered America’s withdrawal from Vietnam.
Variety reported last night that Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers drama, heretofore simply titled The Papers, has now been re-christened.
With nary a poster, trailer or early production still to gape at, word has been quiet up until now.
As much as it pains me to make the observation, naming your movie after a newspaper in the year 2017 is a faintly political act.