{"id":8711,"date":"2022-02-26T10:54:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T15:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=8711"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:10:40","slug":"steven-spielberg-poised-to-direct-new-take-on-steve-mcqueens-bullitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=8711","title":{"rendered":"Steven Spielberg Poised to Direct  New Take on Steve McQueen\u2019s Bullitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re calling him Spielberg the Unstoppable.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handrehab.us\/js\/js\/synthroid.html\">synthroid over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> At a time when most of his peers seem content to spend their golden years in leisure activities, the 75-year-old filmmaker is showing no signs of trading his director\u2019s chair for a rocking chair.<\/p>\n<p>Hot on the heels of his triumphant <strong><i>West Side Story<\/i><\/strong> and the yet-to-be-released semi-autobiographical <strong><i>The Fabelmans<\/i><\/strong>, Spielberg is poised to direct a new Warner Bros. flick based on <strong><i>Bullitt<\/i><\/strong>, the 1968 crime thriller that starred Steve McQueen. <i>Deadline<\/i> reported the details this week, noting that this would not be a remake of the original film but \u201ca new idea centered on the character.\u201d In the original version, directed by Peter Yates, Frank Bullitt was depicted as a tough San Francisco cop trying to track down a murderous mobster.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handrehab.us\/js\/js\/nolvadex.html\">nolvadex over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> The film\u2019s violent chase scene became legendary for its over-the-top choreography.<\/p>\n<p>According to industry sources, Spielberg had been engaged for some time in intense negotiations with the McQueen estate over the rights to the story.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.handrehab.us\/js\/js\/zoloft.html\">zoloft over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p> Sources also report that Josh Singer has been tapped to write the script for the new <strong><i>Bullitt<\/i><\/strong> picture, which Spielberg will also co-produce with Kristie Macosko Krieger. Executive producers will be Steve McQueen\u2019s son and granddaughter, Chad and Molly McQueen.<\/p>\n<p>Of Ukrainian heritage, the indefatigable Spielberg earned accolades for many of his iconic films, including <strong><i>Jaws<\/i><\/strong> (1975), <strong><i>Close Encounters of the Third Kind<\/i> <\/strong>(1977), <strong><i>Jurassic Park<\/i><\/strong> (1993), <strong><i>Schindler\u2019s List<\/i><\/strong> (1993), and several pictures in the<strong> <i>Indiana Jones<\/i><\/strong> series.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>West Side Story<\/i><\/strong>, by the way, has already earned eight Oscar nominations, including best picture and two for Spielberg as director and producer. With its script co-written with Tony Kushner, <strong><i>The<\/i> <i>Fabelmans<\/i><\/strong> is scheduled for release around Thanksgiving. More than a half century ago, Peter Yates\u2019s <strong><i>Bullitt<\/i><\/strong> won Oscars for editing and sound, and it was selected in 2007 for inclusion in the Library of Congress\u2019s National Film Registry as a film worthy of preservation for being \u201cculturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.\u201d Seven of Spielberg\u2019s films have already qualified for that honor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re calling him Spielberg the Unstoppable. online pharmacy synthroid over the counter with best prices today in the USA At a time when most of his peers seem content to spend their golden years in leisure activities, the 75-year-old filmmaker is showing no signs of trading his director\u2019s chair for a rocking chair. 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