Warner Bros Acquires Sean Penn's Jan. 6 Cop Film as Bradley Cooper Eyes Lead Role
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Updated · Deadline · Jun 16
Warner Bros Acquires Sean Penn's Jan. 6 Cop Film as Bradley Cooper Eyes Lead Role
3 articles · Updated · Deadline · Jun 16
Summary
Warner Bros. has picked up Sean Penn’s untitled drama about a real-life police officer swept into the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, with production targeted for mid-2027.
Bradley Cooper is in talks to play the lead, though no deal is in place yet; Penn wrote the script and will direct the project as a character-driven story about friendship.
The film is based on one of the officers involved in the 2021 assault and has the subject’s cooperation, but the person’s identity remains undisclosed.
Penn is producing with John Ira Palmer and John Wildermuth under Projected Picture Works, reuniting with Warner Bros after One Battle After Another on a politically sensitive original film.