Exclusive: In the second whopping film pitch package deal of the day, Amazon and MGM Studios won Best of Enemies, an adaptation of the spy thriller that will star Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale, with Eric Warren Singer scripting and Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven producing. They all worked together on the 2013 Best Picture nominee American Hustle.
Cooper, drawing raves for his latest directing outing Maestro, is a possible to direct the film, but that hasn’t been settled yet.
Sources said that, like the untitled Ryan Reynolds pitch that was won by Netflix today, Best of Enemies had eight bidders in the mix, with Amazon and Warner Bros going down to the wire. The deal is high-seven figures for the writer and producer. It will be a theatrical release.
Best of Enemies might be the biggest pitch deal of the entire year, especially given the mid-seven figures Amazon MGM...
Cooper, drawing raves for his latest directing outing Maestro, is a possible to direct the film, but that hasn’t been settled yet.
Sources said that, like the untitled Ryan Reynolds pitch that was won by Netflix today, Best of Enemies had eight bidders in the mix, with Amazon and Warner Bros going down to the wire. The deal is high-seven figures for the writer and producer. It will be a theatrical release.
Best of Enemies might be the biggest pitch deal of the entire year, especially given the mid-seven figures Amazon MGM...
- 12/14/2023
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Having shared the screen in 2013's :a[American Hustle], Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale are reportedly ready to team up again. They're attached to an intriguing new based-on-truth tale called Best Of Enemies.
Adapted from Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall’s book Best Of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story Of The Cold War by _Hustle'_s Eric Warren Singer, the story follows two Cold War spies — CIA case officer Jack Platt and Kgb agent Gennady Vasilenko — who became improbable friends at a time when they should’ve been anything but.
They were both new arrivals in Washington DC in 1978 when their respective agencies assigned each man to seduce the other into betraying his country during the final days of the Cold War. Many years later, they helped discover the Soviet mole Robert Hanssen together and solved several other high-profile espionage mysteries.
Adapted from Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall’s book Best Of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story Of The Cold War by _Hustle'_s Eric Warren Singer, the story follows two Cold War spies — CIA case officer Jack Platt and Kgb agent Gennady Vasilenko — who became improbable friends at a time when they should’ve been anything but.
They were both new arrivals in Washington DC in 1978 when their respective agencies assigned each man to seduce the other into betraying his country during the final days of the Cold War. Many years later, they helped discover the Soviet mole Robert Hanssen together and solved several other high-profile espionage mysteries.
- 12/11/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing unless you’re courting Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale to star in your upcoming Cold War spy film., Best of Enemies. The duo co-starred alongside each other in David O. Russell’s American Hustle, and now they could reunite for a movie based on the novel Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Eric Dezenhall and Gus Russo.
American Hustle scribe Eric Warren Singer is penning the script, with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven producing. According to Deadline, Netflix and Apple are rubbing their paws together at the thought of snapping up the project. However, the filmmakers could shop the feature for several outlets to see who will fork over the most dough. Best of Enemies does not have a director, though whispers say Bradley Cooper could get behind the camera.
Here’s a synopsis for...
American Hustle scribe Eric Warren Singer is penning the script, with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven producing. According to Deadline, Netflix and Apple are rubbing their paws together at the thought of snapping up the project. However, the filmmakers could shop the feature for several outlets to see who will fork over the most dough. Best of Enemies does not have a director, though whispers say Bradley Cooper could get behind the camera.
Here’s a synopsis for...
- 12/8/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Updated: Amazon MGM Studios has won the bidding war for “Best of Enemies,” which is planned as a theatrical release. Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale will team up again to star in “Best of Enemies” for Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven. Ten years ago, Cooper and Bale starred in David O. Russell’s “American Hustle,” which Roven produced.
Cooper could be in consideration to direct as well as star, reported Deadline, which broke the news of the Amazon MGM acquisition.
Eric Warren Singer, who wrote “American Hustle,” will pen the script. It’s an adaptation of “Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War,” which was written by Eric Dezenhall and Gus Russo. Madison Weireter and Ryan Sanak will be part of the production team on behalf of Atlas.
Cooper is in the midst of a busy awards season, having produced, co-written, directed and starred in “Maestro,...
Cooper could be in consideration to direct as well as star, reported Deadline, which broke the news of the Amazon MGM acquisition.
Eric Warren Singer, who wrote “American Hustle,” will pen the script. It’s an adaptation of “Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War,” which was written by Eric Dezenhall and Gus Russo. Madison Weireter and Ryan Sanak will be part of the production team on behalf of Atlas.
Cooper is in the midst of a busy awards season, having produced, co-written, directed and starred in “Maestro,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Bradley Cooper & Christian Bale Circling Cold War Spy Pic ‘Best Of Enemies’ From Atlas Entertainment
Following their work together on David O. Russell’s 2013 Best Picture-nominated crime comedy American Hustle, Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale are in talks to reteam on Best of Enemies, a new film based on the book Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Eric Dezenhall and Gus Russo.
American Hustle‘s Eric Warren Singer is aboard to script the pic, with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven (Oppenheimer) aboard to produce. While Netflix and Apple have been reported as leading the chase for the package, Deadline understands that it’s still in play with the full array of studios and streamers. There’s no word yet on who will direct the pic, but we hear there’s a possibility that Cooper could step behind the camera here following his work on the leading awards contender Maestro.
Published by Hachette imprint Twelve in 2018, Best of Enemies...
American Hustle‘s Eric Warren Singer is aboard to script the pic, with Atlas Entertainment’s Charles Roven (Oppenheimer) aboard to produce. While Netflix and Apple have been reported as leading the chase for the package, Deadline understands that it’s still in play with the full array of studios and streamers. There’s no word yet on who will direct the pic, but we hear there’s a possibility that Cooper could step behind the camera here following his work on the leading awards contender Maestro.
Published by Hachette imprint Twelve in 2018, Best of Enemies...
- 12/8/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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