How Steven Spielberg's Bullitt Project Can Succeed
gamerant.comSteven Spielberg is one of the most prolific directors in Hollywood. Very few filmmakers can claim to have helmed as many movies ranked among the greatest ever made as Spielberg. Spielberg is the director behind Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones series, E.T., Jurassic Park, and Schindler’s List – and he’s not slowing down any time soon. After enjoying one of the biggest critical successes of his career with his widely acclaimed West Side Story remake, Spielberg has a couple of exciting projects lined up.
His next movie, The Fabelmans, due to arrive in theaters this November, is a coming-of-age story inspired by Spielberg’s own childhood growing up in Arizona. It stars Michelle Williams as Spielberg’s mother, Paul Dano as his father, and Seth Rogen as his favorite uncle. This could be Spielberg’s most deeply personal work to date, visualizing the memories of his youth through the lens of cinematic nostalgia. For the first time since 2001’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Spielberg has a writing credit on the film (alongside regular collaborator Tony Kushner). Once The Fabelmans is in the can, Spielberg will move on to revamping another ‘60s cinema classic. But instead of adapting another lavish Hollywood musical like West Side Story, Spielberg will be adapting the game-changing, action-packed 1968 neo-noir classic Bullitt.
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Unlike West Side Story, Spielberg’s Bullitt project isn’t a straightforward remake imitating the familiar plot of a beloved gem. Josh Singer, the Oscar-winning screenwriter who co-wrote Spielberg’s political docudrama The Post with Liz Hannah, has been tapped to come up with an original story revolving around the
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