Just a few days ago we brought you a portion of Steve's conversation with producer Kathleen Kennedy, whom he spoke to as part of the junket for Steven Spielberg's World War I drama War Horse. One of Spielberg’s most prolific producing partners, Kennedy provided updates on Jurassic Park 4 and a Tintin sequel, and even talked about a 3D re-release of the original Jurassic Park.  Today we’ve got more of Steve’s interview with Kennedy and she talks about Spielberg’s next two projects: Lincoln and Robopocalypse. The producer talked about working with the phenomenal Daniel Day-Lewis on the now-filming Lincoln and revealed exactly when/where/if Day-Lewis breaks character.In addition, Kennedy talked briefly about Spielberg’s next project after Lincoln, Robopocalypse. Based the novel by Daniel H. Wilson, the film tells the story of a sentient artificial intelligence that takes over our global technology and begins a systemic attack on mankind. Hit the jump to see what Kennedy had to say about both projects.Kennedy confirmed that Spielberg is already three quarters of the way through filming Lincoln (an astonishing feat, given that he’s been promoting two films simultaneously). Regarding Day-Lewis’ performance, Kennedy calls him “extraordinary” and reveals that, while he stays in character throughout the duration of the shooting day, he breaks once filming has wrapped:

“He is very much deeply invested and immersed throughout the day when he’s in character, but he’s very accessible at the end of the day, once he can step outside of it and not feel that—I mean he’s giving huge scenes with massive amounts of dialogue and he needs to stay in character, it’s a very very performance-driven movie. But at the end of the day he’s Daniel.”

When asked about Robopocalypse, Kennedy revealed that production should start towards the third quarter of next year:

“We haven’t really decided yet where [we’re shooting], but that’ll probably go end of summer, beginning of fall next year.”

So it sounds like Spielberg’s busy schedule won’t be slowing down anytime soon. The director has stated that Lincoln will be released around December 2012, while Robopocalypse has a release date of July 3rd, 2013.

Here’s the portion of Steve’s interview with Kennedy where she talks about Lincoln and Robopocalypse. We’ll have their full interview up closer to the release of War Horse (which opens December 25th):

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Collider:  You’re filming Lincoln as we speak, how has the project been going so far and what’s it like working with Daniel Day-Lewis?

Kathleen Kennedy: Daniel Day-Lewis is extraordinary; I think he may be one of the best actors ever that we’ve worked with. We’re about three quarters of the way through and it’s been amazing, I mean he is really quite remarkable. Every day you get the chills thinking that Lincoln is sitting there right in front of you.

I saw a photograph that recently got out of him at a restaurant, there’s a lot of talk that he maintains his character all the time, but then someone was saying to me that he’s in character on set all day, but when he leaves set he’s not in character. What’s the truth?

Kennedy: That is the truth. He is very much deeply invested and immersed throughout the day when he’s in character, but he’s very accessible at the end of the day, once he can step outside of it and not feel that—I mean he’s giving huge scenes with massive amounts of dialogue and he needs to stay in character, it’s a very very performance-driven movie. But at the end of the day he’s Daniel.

There’s a lot of talk that you guys are filming Robopocalypse in Montreal. Is that true?

Kennedy: It’s possible. We haven’t really decided yet where, but that’ll probably go end of summer, beginning of fall next year.