The Virginian
The writer ofAmerican Sniperis now working on a George Washington movie biopic . American Sniper , the biopic of the late Chris Kyle ( America ’s most fertile sniper and adapted from his memoir of the same name ) , was a immense collision with conservative hearing , but also show shade that was appreciate by some more giving critics . star Bradley Cooper , who also executive - produced , the celluloid was to be directed by Steven Spielberg , who depart the project briefly before shooting and was replace by Clint Eastwood .
AsAmerican Sniperpassed from one fabled film director to another , its film writer was Jason Hall , an vague former actor - he played Devon MacLeish onBuffy the Vampire Slayer- who had only two writing credit to his name at the time , but walked off with an Oscar nominating speech for Best Adapted Screenplay . Hall also wrote and directed another flick about PTSD and the Iraq War , the upcomingThank You For Your Service , and now there ’s Word of God about his next film .
Jason Hall will direct a biopic of George Washington calledThe Virginian , as reported byDeadline . The film set up at New Line , will adapt a previous screenplay by Michael Gunn , and is describe as “ Last of the MohicansmeetsThere Will Be Blood . ”
While the father of our country and the first president of the United States has been describe in various films over the years , there ’s never really been a definitive screen portrayal of Washington . Popular acculturation ’s most noted depiction of Washington in recent years was n’t even a movie - it ’s the African - American George Washington who sang of his “ right-hand handwriting valet ” in the pop Broadway musical , Hamilton , where Christopher Jackson originated the function . Darren Aronofsky was working on a Washington moviefive years ago , but it was never made .
Can a Washington moving-picture show succeed ? Led byHamiltonand various bestselling Book by historians , we are for sure in a point of high involvement in the found fathers and the American Revolution . Washington ’s story is a fascinating one - and in putting together the motion-picture show , Hall will have a lot of diachronic disc to shape with .
What ’s the drawback ? One must simply watch the news this week to see : This is also a meter in which long - ago historical figures who own slaves , as Washington did , are being looked at peculiarly raspingly . Charles Martin Hall and the other film maker will require to find a room to finesse this doubtfulness , if this biopic is hold out to have any hope of avoiding repercussion .
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There ’s no word on a sack date forThe Virginianyet , but stay tuned on Screen Rant for more information .
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