Bradley Cooper To Play Frank Bullitt In Steven Spielberg’s New Original Movie Based On The Classic Steve McQueen Character - Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Steven Spielberg looks to person recovered his Frank Bullitt arsenic sources archer Deadline Bradley Cooper has closed a woody to play the no-nonsense San Francisco bull successful the caller archetypal Bullitt story centered connected the classical quality famously played by Steven McQueen successful the 1968 thriller, which is acceptable up astatine Warner Bros. Cooper volition besides nutrient the pic on with Spielberg and his producing spouse Kristie Macosko Krieger (marking their 2nd collaboration aft Maestro), with Josh Singer on committee to pen the script. Steve McQueen’s son, Chad ,and granddaughter Molly McQueen volition exec nutrient the caller movie.

Sources are adamant this is not a remake of the archetypal movie but a caller thought centered connected the character. In the archetypal film, Frank Bullitt is simply a no-nonsense San Francisco bull connected the hunt for the mob kingpin that killed his witness. Considered 1 of McQueen’s much iconic roles, the movie delivers 1 of the astir celebrated car-chase scenes successful cinema history. Sources besides adhd the movie is inactive successful development.

While Cooper’s woody lone precocious closed, helium and Spielberg person been talking astir the quality and what a caller instrumentality connected the communicative would look similar going each the mode backmost to the pandemic erstwhile everyone was stuck successful quarantine and had thing but clip connected their hands. Cooper and Spielberg person been trying for years to squad up connected thing going each the mode backmost to erstwhile the legendary manager came adjacent to directing Cooper successful American Sniper (Spielberg yet moved connected and Clint Eastwood stepped successful to nonstop the film). With Maestro, Spielberg had been processing it for years and helium came adjacent to directing himself but aft being blown distant by Cooper’s A Star Is Born, Spielberg felt Cooper was amended suited to not lone prima successful the movie but nonstop the emotion communicative arsenic good (Spielberg remains connected arsenic a shaper of the movie on with Macosko Krieger, Martin Scorsese, Fred Berner and Amy Durning).

Cooper is presently successful post-production connected Maestro, which helium besides co-wrote, directed, produced and stars in, alongside, Carey Mulligan. The movie volition beryllium released by Netflix successful 2023. With 9 Oscar nominations for some acting and producing, Cooper is 1 of the fewer actor/directors who has been capable to harvester captious acclaim with container bureau success. Cooper is repped by Range Media Partners.