Is Bradley Cooper our technology’s Steve McQueen? I’d not have essentially made that connection, however it seems that Cooper would be the one to fill the footwear (and iconic shoulder holster) of McQueen in a brand new film about Frank Bullitt, the title character in the 1968 cop thriller that continues to be one among McQueen’s most well-known roles. The movie can be directed by none aside from Steven Spielberg.
Word that Spielberg was in making his personal Bullitt — not essentially a remake of the unique, however a brand new movie that includes the identical character — first appeared on-line again in February. At that point, no actor was talked about in reference to the undertaking, however now Cooper has reportedly signed on (per Deadline) to take over the position from McQueen. First Man screenwriter Josh Singer wrote the screenplay.
According to Deadline’s report, Spielberg and Cooper “have been talking about the character and what a new take on the story would look like going all the way back to the pandemic when everyone was stuck in quarantine and had nothing but time on their hands.” This can be Cooper and Spielberg’s first collaboration, though Spielberg nearly directed American Sniper earlier than Clint Eastwood received concerned.
This is one other first for Spielberg: His first true cop movie. He’s made loads of thrillers, and also you might technically depend Minority Report as a police movie, however that’s actually extra of a science-fiction film than an easy cops and robbers drama. In latest years, Spielberg appears to be ticking off genres he’s by no means tackled earlier than, from musicals (West Side Story) to animation (The Adventures of Tintin), to memoir (The Fabelmans). A giant Spielberg cop film with wild chase sequences like the unique Bullitt sounds fairly good to me, earlier than you add Cooper into the combo because the lead.
Spielberg’s newest movie, The Fabelmans, is in restricted launch now.
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