Overview
- Reports published Tuesday say Sean Penn has written and will direct an untitled feature about the early life of a police officer who later was at the January 6 Capitol attack.
- Warner Bros. has acquired the project in a negative pickup and CAA Media Finance helped negotiate the deal for producers at Projected Picture Works.
- Bradley Cooper is in talks to play the lead, though no casting or production start has been officially confirmed and the schedule is targeting mid-2027 because of Cooper’s commitments.
- The film is described by sources as a personal story about friendship and formative years rather than a straightforward retelling of the riot, and its real-life subject has reportedly given buy-in while remaining unnamed.
- Coverage notes political context and risks, including Penn’s public engagement with January 6 hearings, public speculation linking the story to Michael Fanone that sources will not confirm, and the studio’s timing as Warner Bros. faces ownership and merger uncertainty.