Bradley Cooper has discovered his subsequent challenge to direct after his upcoming Leonard Bernstein challenge “Maestro,” and it’s a team-up with somebody close to and pricey to his coronary heart, his buddy Will Arnett.
Cooper is connected to direct “Is This Factor On?,” and each Cooper and Arnett may even star in and produce the film that has a script written by Arnett and Mark Chappell (“See How They Run”), a person with data of the challenge advised IndieWire. The movie is at present in improvement at Searchlight and is described as a darkish comedy, although plot particulars are being stored underneath wraps.
Arnett and Chappell did the primary draft of the script, and Cooper is predicted to do a go on the script as soon as the writers strike has concluded.
Cooper will produce “Is This Factor On?” underneath his Lea Photos banner, and Arnett and Kris Thykier may even produce. John Bishop is the chief producer on the challenge.
Cooper and Arnett have been shut for the previous 20 years, when the 2 shared an condo constructing early of their careers. However their bonds go deeper than that, as Cooper appeared on the one hundredth episode of Arnett’s podcast “SmartLess” again in 2022 and revealed that Arnett helped Cooper via substance abuse points that helped change his life and profession.
Cooper’s “Maestro,” his follow-up challenge to “A Star Is Born” (2018), figures to be a serious Oscar contender when it’s launched later this 12 months by Netflix. Cooper additionally not too long ago was a serious a part of “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3” when he reprised his voice function as Rocket Raccoon.
Arnett is producing Peacock’s upcoming collection “Twisted Steel,” which premieres in July, and he’ll co-star in Taika Waititi’s “Subsequent Purpose Wins”, additionally for Searchlight Pictures.
Cooper is represented by Vary Media Companions. Arnett is represented by CAA, Artists First, and Sloane, Provide, Weber & Dern.
Deadline first reported the information.
