With two Steven Spielberg films hitting theatres later this month, you’d think that he’d be taking a well-deserved break right about now. But he’s not. Production is currently underway for his next film, Lincoln, a biopic about the great emancipator himself, Abraham Lincoln. Daniel Day-Lewis is stepping into the role of the 16th president of the United States for the film, and has apparently been spotted around Richmond, Virginia where the film is shooting.

This week one of those pesky locals snapped a photo of DDL eating lunch at a restaurant, and while he’s not in full costume you can still see the killer beard he has grown for the part. Since Daniel Day-Lewis is known for never breaking character even off set, let’s face it… this is basically just as good as getting still from the movie! The cast of Lincoln also includes Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jackie Earle Haley (apparently Spielberg’s got a thing for people with three names). The movie is expected to hit theatres in late 2012; check out a bigger version of the image after the jump.