Movie News: Steven Spielberg developing new movie about Steve McQueen's Bullitt character

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Steven Spielberg developing new movie about Steve McQueen's 'Bullitt' character

Steven Spielberg is developing a new film centered on the character Frank Bullitt, as originated by Steve McQueen.

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Steven Spielberg developing new movie about Steve McQueen's Bullitt character


By Maureen Lee LenkerFebruary 25, 2022 at 08:44 PM EST

Steven Spielberg is ready to take on another Steve... McQueen to be exact.
On Friday, Warner Bros. and Amblin confirmed that Spielberg is developing a new film centered on the character Frank Bullitt, as originated by Steve McQueen in 1968's Bullitt. It is not a remake, but rather an entirely new story built around the Bullitt character.
The film is still in development, with no deals done as of yet. Amblin says it will definitely not be Spielberg's next film, and he's currently in post-production on The Fablemans, a semi-autobiographical project loosely based on his childhood growing up in Arizona.
Kristie Macosko Krieger will produce alongside Spielberg, with Josh Singer (First Man) attached to write. Steve McQueen's son, Chad, and granddaughter, Molly, are also on board to executive produce.

The original Bullitt was produced by McQueen's production company, Solar Productions, and released by Warner Bros, who still hold the rights, and will be the home studio for this new project.
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In Bullitt, McQueen starred as the title character, Frank Bullitt, a San Francisco cop on the hunt for a mob boss who orchestrated a hit on Bullitt's key witness in a case against organized crime. Directed by Peter Yates (Breaking Away), the film is best known for its iconic climactic car chase through the streets of San Francisco, often held up as one of the best chase scenes in cinema history alongside The French Connection.
Jacqueline Bisset, who played McQueen's girlfriend Cathy in the original movie, spoke about the film's legacy at the Turner Classic Movies film festival in 2021. "I didn't actually think my role was necessary in that film," she told TCM host Eddie Muller. "If Cathy hadn't been there, I don't think it would've made much difference. But I was representing the female in his life and the feminine side of his existence rather than being a fully-fleshed character."

EW asked Bisset if she thought a new take on the film and character might give her character more to do, to which she frankly replied, "No, I don't think so. It's a man's story."
But the final answer on that will lie with Spielberg and Singer. Many questions — including who could fill McQueen's shoes and whether the film will be set in the 1960s — remain.

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[godofwine]

I watched bullitt recently, it was just okay

 

[godofwine]

I watched bullitt recently, it was just okay

@playahaitian I mean, I've seen better. Maybe it was because it was so dated, but the first Italian Job was dated, and that was a good movie. However, nothing in the movie Bullitt struck me as memberable

 

[Varis]

Sounds cool

 

[playahaitian]

@playahaitian I mean, I've seen better. Maybe it was because it was so dated, but the first Italian Job was dated, and that was a good movie. However, nothing in the movie Bullitt struck me as memberable

I understand
that is a generation thing a moment thing etc
I get that a lot from my oldest when I show westerns and spy movies that grandpa used to watch all the time
You gotta fully understand WHO and WHAT Steve McQueen represented
and watching THAT specific movie?
You can see he is the grandfather to damn near EVERY action movie of that genre
that style of dress has been copied in COUNTLESS movies
even the stunts and angles
the car.
You cannot imagine how many movies it inspired.
I never hold it against folk

Fellini, Kurosawa, Lynch etc aint for EVERYONE

but they helped create the modern language of film making.

 

[crossovernegro]

Yeah, it hasn't aged extremely well. Like you said, it's ok....but I will check out the new stuff.

That other Steve McQueen flick, "The Getaway" I can get with. The Alec Baldwin version was good too.

I watched bullitt recently, it was just okay

 

[godofwine]

I understand
that is a generation thing a moment thing etc
I get that a lot from my oldest when I show westerns and spy movies that grandpa used to watch all the time
You gotta fully understand WHO and WHAT Steve McQueen represented
and watching THAT specific movie?
You can see he is the grandfather to damn near EVERY action movie of that genre
that style of dress has been copied in COUNTLESS movies
even the stunts and angles
the car.
You cannot imagine how many movies it inspired.
I never hold it against folk

Fellini, Kurosawa, Lynch etc aint for EVERYONE

but they helped create the modern language of film making.

A lot of times I suffer from watching movies alone not with a group or with someone with much more film knowledge than I have so like watching a boxing match and you're not a huge boxing fan, you missed some of the great punches because they're just too fast for you.

I watched a Mayweather fight once with a friend and I saw 2 punches that downed an opponent. I said, "Damn, look at that two-piece"

My boy said, "Nah, that was a three piece, and the left was deadlier than the two rights."

He put it in slow-mo and I saw the devastating left I never saw in real-time. In real time the left never made an impact. But in slow-mo, the left made all the difference in the world in that particular fight.

 

[playahaitian]

A lot of times I suffer from watching movies alone not with a group or with someone with much more film knowledge than I have so like watching a boxing match and you're not a huge boxing fan, you missed some of the great punches because they're just too fast for you.

I watched a Mayweather fight once with a friend and I saw 2 punches that downed an opponent. I said, "Damn, look at that two-piece"

My boy said, "Nah, that was a three piece, and the left was deadlier than the two rights."

He put it in slow-mo and I saw the devastating left I never saw in real-time. In real time the left never made an impact. But in slow-mo, the left made all the difference in the world in that particular fight.

so ummm

why aint you got a podcast yet?

Cause you just gonna keep dropping these gems on here for free bro?

 

[godofwine]

so ummm

why aint you got a podcast yet?

Cause you just gonna keep dropping these gems on here for free bro?

I don't know bro. I'm already too lazy to finish the book I've already completed and need to finish editing

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

 

[playahaitian]

I don't know bro. I'm already too lazy to finish the book I've already completed and need to finish editing

with the book
editing?
that stuff ebbs and flows bro
and it is EXTRA hard with your own project.
its ALWAYS good to step away for a minute from that
It can be a little overwhelming
ESPECIALLY editing
but if you got a deadline?
then just MAKE a time to do it
and STICK with it.
PERIOD
Make it like early morning Saturday or late night on a week day.
ONE HOUR solid with a timer.
Go thru a few pages and then STOP
do it again the next day or next weekend.
And when your done
Its DONE bro.
Cause I seen folk wallow in that process for YEARS.
from what I've seen and read about you?
That is NOT your style
so do NOT edit that way.

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Yeah, it hasn't aged extremely well. Like you said, it's ok....but I will check out the new stuff.

That other Steve McQueen flick, "The Getaway" I can get with. The Alec Baldwin version was good too.