Blackhawk Writer Gives Update On Steven Spielberg DC Adaptation

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Steven Spielberg's adaptation of DC Comics' Blackhawk has been given an update by the film's screenwriter, frequent Spielberg collaborator David Koepp. Spielberg is one of the most accomplished filmmakers of all time and is currently nominated for Best Director at the 94th Academy Awards for West Side Story. His next film is The Fabelmans a semi-autobiographical story of the director's time growing up in Arizona, set for release on Thanksgiving weekend, 2022.

While it is currently unknown what the director's next project could be, as he passed on Indiana Jones 5 to James Mangold, the director could gear up for a DC film soon. In 2018 it was announced that Spielberg was developing a Blackhawk movie. Introduced in Military Comics #1 in 1941 and created by Chuck Cuidera, Bob Powell and Will Eisner, the series focuses on a mysterious man named Blackhawk and his small team of World War II-era ace pilots. Collectively, they're known as The Blackhawk Squadron. Koepp, who had previously written the scripts for four Speilberg films — Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - was brought on board to pen the script for the adaptation, with the last update on the film coming in 2020.

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Now, in an interview with Collider, Koepp reveals that Blackhawk has been held up primarily by the constant changes in leadership at Warner Bros. He says that progress should continue when things at the studio are less tumultuous. Koepp seems unsure that Spielberg will direct it at this point, but hopes he'll at least produce. He also reveals that the movie will have a massive budget, which could factor