Even if most of the industry is still on lockdown, barely trying to ease back to work, Hollywood’s favorite nonagenarian actor-director-producer Clint Eastwood looks to be trying to move lightning fast to get his next movie, “Cry Macho” going. And, you know, if anyone can get a movie up and going, and maybe even finished by the time we get a vaccine, it’s Clint Eastwood.
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Deadline broke the news about Eastwood’s next project, which sounds just like what you’d imagine Eastwood’s next project would. Based on a 1975 novel of the same title, “Cry Macho” follows a washed-up horse trainer and former rodeo star named Mike who plans to make $50,000 by kidnapping a kid from his alcoholic mother in Mexico City and delivering the boy to his father, who happens to be Mike’s ex-boss, in Texas. On the way, the old cowboy begins to teach the boy how to be a good man, which he considers his chance at redemption.
The novel was written by N. Richard Nash, who adapted the book to a script along with Nick Schenk. Eastwood is set to also produce the film alongside Tim Moore through their Malpaso production banner. Al Ruddy and Jessica Meier will produce too. Warner Bros. will distribute the film.
Per the report, Eastwood is already scouting locations for the movie, which he almost starred in back in the ’80s, but decided to do another Dirty Harry movie instead. The movie almost got made last decade, after it was unveiled at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival which Arnold Schwarzenegger attached to star, considering it his big comeback to movies following his two terms as governor of California, but the project fell apart.
Honestly, the film sounds about what you’d expect from Eastwood at this age, another disappointing movie about an old, white guy who is apparently the only person capable of raising a Mexican kid, as well as save him from a hellish life back home. You know, the perfect follow-up to “The Mule.”
If nothing else, Eastwood is one of the few directors who can actually get this project up and going in a short amount of time, as he’s known for quick film shoots, with barely more than a couple of takes per scene, and on budget.