Is Bradley Cooper our technology’s Steve McQueen? I might not have essentially made that connection, however it seems that Cooper would be the one to fill the sneakers (and iconic shoulder holster) of McQueen in a brand new film about Frank Bullitt, the title character within the 1968 cop thriller that is still one in every of McQueen’s most well-known roles. The movie might be directed by none apart from Steven Spielberg.
Phrase that Spielberg was eager about 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 the moment, no actor was talked about in reference to the undertaking, however now Cooper has reportedly signed on (per Deadline) to take over the function from McQueen. First Man screenwriter Josh Singer wrote the screenplay.
In accordance with Deadline’s report, Spielberg and Cooper “have been speaking concerning the character and what a brand new tackle the story would appear to be going all the way in which again to the pandemic when everybody was caught in quarantine and had nothing however time on their arms.” This might be Cooper and Spielberg’s first collaboration, though Spielberg virtually directed American Sniper earlier than Clint Eastwood received concerned.
That 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 a simple cops and robbers drama. Lately, Spielberg appears to be ticking off genres he’s by no means tackled earlier than, from musicals (West Aspect 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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