The Ballad of Richard Jewell
Clint Eastwood is targetingThe Ballad of Richard Jewellto be his next directorial project . The film , which has been in development for a number of days , is free-base on the truthful story of the 1996 Olympics bombardment . Jewell , a security measure guard at the event , was primitively hold a hoagy after he discovered what look to be a turkey and brighten the area , saving a number of lives in the cognitive process . However , Jewell later on became a defendant , and though he was wrong pick for the incident , it clearly had a hard negative impact on his aliveness .
Back in 2016,Ezra Edelman(best known forOJ : Made in America ) signed on to directThe Ballad of Richard Jewell , but progress on the film primer coat to a halt shortly after that . Now , it ’s found a new lease on spirit , thanks to one of Hollywood ’s big image coming onboard .
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consort toDeadline , Eastwood is currently in dialogue with Disney / Fox to helmThe Ballad of Richard Jewell . At one point , the motion picture was going to be a reunification forWolf of Wall Streetco - starsJonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio(portraying Jewell and his attorney , severally ) , but latest Christian Bible is they ’ve both set forth the projection . Eastwood will be task with enter a cast prior to a summer shooting date .
Even though Eastwood is approaching his 89th natal day , he rest as busy as ever . He just pulled double duty onThe Mule , directing and starring in last December ’s crime drama ( which was his second directorial outing of 2018 ) . Funnily enough , this is n’t his first rodeo withThe Ballad of Richard Jewell ; in 2015,he was circling the project , meaning this is intelligibly a story he ’s had his middle on for some time . When Eastwood first draw near the picture , the tag squad of Hill and DiCaprio were still involved , so it ’ll be interesting to see if either of the actors rejoins . DiCaprio has some history with Eastwood , headlining the director’sJ. Edgarin 2011 , and he is serve as one ofRichard Jewell’sproducers .
Eastwood is known for his agile change of mind , completing films at a very quick stride . IfThe Ballad of Richard Jewelldoes in fact commence production this summertime , there ’s a decided possibleness it will be ready for release in the winter , making it a likely accolade season contender . true , Eastwood ’s track record of late has been a little hit - or - neglect , butAmerican Sniperwas a monumental success from a critical and commercial-grade perspective , showing he still has what it takes to deliver a high - character product . The Ballad of Richard Jewellcertainly has the necessary ingredients to make a capture dramatic play , so hopefully all the right-hand pieces fall down into plaza .
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