Warner Brothers, still eager to get their Bradley Cooper project back on track, is reportedly under tentative negotiations with Clint Eastwood to helm the project.
Deadline is reporting that Eastwood is being chatted up for a first-quarter 2014 production shoot of the Navy SEAL project. This follows only weeks on the heels of Steven Spielberg dropping out of the movie, along with his DreamWorks Pictures, after the auteur decided he could not realize his vision under the current budget.
American Sniper is based on the real life exploits of decorated Navy SEAL marksman Chris Kyle.
Eastwood is currently prepping his movie adaptation of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys, which currently has Christopher Walken, Freya Tingley and James Madio attached. Boardwalk Empire’s Vincent Piazza is also rumored to star in the project as Tommy Devito.