Tema: American Sniper (Clint Eastwood, 2014)

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Adiós a Robopocalypse. Spielberg ya tiene nuevo proyecto.

La historia de este soldado, navy seal, el mejor francotirador que ha tenido el ejército, record de objetivos en Irak, una máquina de matar, y que fue a morir este mismo año, en un tiroteo cerca de su casa.



Bradley Cooper será el protagonista.

Steven Spielberg's Next Movie: 'American Sniper'


Bradley Cooper with Steven Spielberg

The Warner Bros. project will star Bradley Cooper, who has been developing the project as a producer.

Steven Spielberg has found his next directing project: an adaptation of American Sniper, the autobiography of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, which is set up at Warner Bros.

Bradley Cooper is attached to star and has been developing the project as a producer.

Spielberg also will produce with Andrew Lazar and Peter Morgan.

Jason Hall (Spread) wrote the script and will executive produce.Sniper will now be a Warner Bros./DreamWorks co-production.

A first-quarter 2014 start date is being targeted.

The book, whose complete title is American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, reveals how Texas native Kyle came to record the highest number of sniper kills for an American. The book has been praised for its frankness in telling a first-person account of a warrior who shoots from far and close distances.

Kyle tragically was killed at a shooting range by a fellow vet in February.

The book spent 18 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list and 13 weeks at No. 1. Cooper's production company, 22nd & Indiana Pictures, optioned the rights to the book a year ago.

Sheroum Kim is overseeing for 22nd & Indiana while Jon Berg shepherds for Warner Bros.

Spielberg had been on the hunt for a project since putting his initial follow-up to the award-winningLincoln, the tentpole Robopocalypse, was put on an indefinite hold.