Stephen Spielberg and Bradley Cooper seem like they might make an odd pairing, but for each other the two feel like peanut butter and chocolate and like the famous Reese’s cup have been looking for a project that will make their two great tastes taste great together. That coming together would for a newBullittmovie.
Deadline has revealed that Spielberg and Cooper have seemingly found their dream project. They are going to team up for a new Frank Bullitt movie—reportedly not a remake of the original—based on the San Francisco detective originally played by one of the coolest men to ever grace the silver screen, Steve McQueen.
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Having looked for a project that would pair them for a while, Steven Spielberg andBradley Coopertook to each other like a ducks takes to water and they were at first teamed up on Cooper’s new directorial project,Maestro, which Spielberg was originally set to direct until he saw how good Cooper’s remake ofA Star is Bornwas and bowed out (while remaining producer, alongside Martin Scorsese). But it turned out all the pair needed to find the right project was a magicBullitt.
They’re going to pair on a moviethat’s expressly stated to not be a remake of the original (whether or not it’s a reboot or a continuation is anybody’s guess) and the film, also produced by McQueen’s son, Chad and granddaughter Molly McQueen. The film will center on Cooper playing Frank Bullitt, the San Francisco detective based on one of the real-life cops who investigated the Zodiac murders. The film is going to be written by Josh Singer who cut his teeth onThe West Wingand recently wroteSpotlightand for Spielberg,The Post.
The character, played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 crime movie classic, was, like Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty” Harry Callahan, based on the San Francisco homicide detective David Toschi (the detective that Mark Ruffalo playedin the David Fincher movie,Zodiac). The original film is most famous for an extended car chase in Bullitt’s mustang that sees the detective having to go down San Francisco’s famously winding Lombard Street at a breakneck pace and in cars (unlike those of movies like theFast and Furioustoday) not expressly designed for such reckless speed and braking.
The newBullittis still in development. The original movie is available on demand.
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