For those looking forward to seeing Steven Spielberg direct Bradley Cooper, there was disappointing news out of Hollywood Monday afternoon. Spielberg and his production company Dreamworks will not team up with Cooper and Warner Bros. for American Sniper, the story of the late Chris Kyle.
The news was first confirmed by Deadline, which said that not only is Spielberg not going to direct, but Dreamworks will not co-produce. This relieves Warner Bros. and Cooper’s 22nd and Indiana banner from any financial obligations to the director’s banner. The site notes that it’s an unusually gracious move on Dreamworks’ part, because that rarely happens.
As for why spielberg dropped out, a source for The Wrap, explained that Spielberg’s vision didn’t gel with the proposed budget.
Cooper is still set to star in and produce the film. It’s been a pet project of his and after Kyle, a Navy SEAL veteran, was killed in February by another veteran at a Texas shooting range, Cooper said that he’d hope to get it made as soon as possible. Spielberg signed on in May and it was expected that it would be his follow-up to Lincoln.
It’s still not known what Spielberg will do next, since Robopocalypse was put on hold indefinitely in January.
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