Nothing in this particular item about a Spielberg/Dreamworks interest in The Farnsworth Invention, but it does call for three screenplays, and near as we know the film rights for that one are still up in the air…
Aaron Sorkin has signed a three-picture deal with DreamWorks and is already set to pen The Trial of the Chicago 7, which may be directed by DreamWorks principal Steven Spielberg. The movie tells the story of the trials of protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, a seminal moment in 1960s counterculture where police reacted violently to anti-Vietnam War demonstrators. The other two projects in the deal have not been revealed.
It would certainly be ironic if Dreamworks wound up producing Aaron’s The Farnsworth Invention. I have some personal history with Jeffrey Katzenberg — the "K" in Dreamworks SKG. We were bunkmates at Camp Kennebec in 1962, but he passed on the Farnsworth story back in the 80s when he was still with Disney. I’ll have to visit the archives and see if I can find that letter in the rejection pile…