With recent confirmation coming that Steven Spielberg will longer direct Bradley Cooper in a big-screen biopic of decorated and tragic US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the search for a replacement may have come to an end. Taking over from legendary Oscar-winning director could be another iconic, Oscar-winning filmmaker. Clint Eastwood looks set to direct the SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK Academy-Award nominee Cooper in an adaptation of Kyle’s best-selling book, ‘American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History.’
The film will follow Kyle’s early life as a young rodeo cowboy right through to his latter years as the skilled sharpshooter with most confirmed sniper kills for a US marines. Unfortunately, his life came to an earlier this year when while teaching others how to improve their shooting skills at his local rifle range , he was murdered by fellow discharged veteran Chad Littlefield. The film has a screenplay coming from Jason Hall.
Eastwood is no stranger to military or modern combat films. He’s previously directed (and starred) in the likes of HEARTBREAK RIDGE and FIREFOX. We await confirmation.
Source: Twitch
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May 11, 2014 at 11:38 pm
You might want to get the story right. Chad Littlefield did not murder Chris Kyle. Chad was murdered along side Chris by a man they both were trying to help. So before y’all write a synopsis about a movie get the facts straight.