The Hollywood sequel machine is said to be working on a Bullitt film, a sequel to the 1968 Steve McQueen detective thriller. Now, Steven Spielberg, who has directed blockbusters such as Jaw, ET the Extra-Terrestrial and Rescue Private Ryanbe reported attached to direct it.
Original Bullitt is considered to contain one of the best car chase committed to the movie. A ten-minute cat and mouse sequence featuring Det. Frank Bullitt (McQueen) in a new Highland Green at that time Ford Mustang back to a similar black era charging dock across the San Francisco cityscape.
Based on Deadline Hollywoodwho broke the news about Spielberg’s project, the director “played with the idea to direct a movie based on [Frank Bullitt] “Industry sources say this won’t be a remake, but a new story revolving around the character of Frank Bullitt. McQueen’s son Chad and niece Molly are also joining the show. manufacturing.
Whatever happens – if something happens in the fickle world of Hollywood – we bet a car chase will be a prerequisite. That’s because the original BullittThe 1 hour 53 minute plot is surprisingly slow. Without the scenes of the V8 roaring through the hilly streets of San Francisco, the film would be completely forgettable. In fact, we argue that it is, but the fact that it appears so frequently on “Best Car Chase” lists makes it somewhat relevant.
Ford even merged that original shape into few especially version Mustang over the years. Due to its popularity among car enthusiasts and Mustang fan, original auctioned in 2020 for $3.74 million.
Spielberg is a talented director and somewhat passionate about cars. He counted the year 1971 Vanishing Point among his favorite moviesand has had interesting cars for many of his works, even though he has reached an agreement with Lexus to design a concept for 2002 Minority Report because he likes his own LX 470or include a Volvo P1800 in Bridge or Spies. Also, one of his first Spielberg films was in 1971 Duelis basically a 90-minute car chase with the participation of a Plymouth Valiant.
Although there have been better car chases – and better car chases there are in better movies overall (Roninanyone?) – since BullittWith Spielberg behind the camera, the revival has the potential to bring a true car chase to the silver screen, hopefully without the computer-generated nonsense that has overtaken modern action sequences .
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