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From Warner Bros. Pictures, Imperative Entertainment and BRON Creative comes Clint Eastwood\u2019s newest feature film, the drama \u201cThe Mule.\u201d In addition to directing, the veteran actor will step in front of the lens again, alongside fellow stars Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Pe\u00f1a, Dianne Wiest and Andy Garcia, as well as Alison Eastwood, Taissa Farmiga, Ignacio Serricchio and Loren Dean, Eugene Cordero.<\/p>\n
Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he\u2019s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well\u2014so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn\u2019t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. And even as his money problems become a thing of the past, Earl\u2019s past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it\u2019s uncertain if he\u2019ll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel\u2019s enforcers, catch up to him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Mule\u201d marks Oscar-winner Eastwood\u2019s first time on both sides of the camera since he starred in 2009\u2019s critically acclaimed \u201cGran Torino.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cooper, who stars as Bates, received his most recent Oscar nominations for his work with Eastwood, acting in and producing \u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d; he will next be seen in his feature directorial debut, \u201cA Star Is Born.\u201d Oscar nominee Fishburne (\u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to Do with It,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cBlack-ish\u201d) plays a DEA special agent in charge; Pe\u00f1a (upcoming \u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp,\u201d Netflix\u2019s \u201cNarcos\u201d) plays a fellow agent; Oscar winner Wiest (\u201cBullets Over Broadway,\u201d \u201cHannah and Her Sisters,\u201d TV\u2019s \u201cLife in Pieces\u201d) plays Earl\u2019s ex-wife; Oscar nominee Garcia (\u201cThe Godfather: Part III\u201d) plays a cartel boss; Alison Eastwood (\u201cRails & Ties\u201d) plays Earl\u2019s daughter; Farmiga (\u201cThe Nun\u201d) plays the role of Earl\u2019s granddaughter; Serricchio (Netflix\u2019s \u201cLost in Space,\u201d \u201cThe Wedding Ringer\u201d) plays Earl\u2019s cartel handler; Dean (\u201cSpace Cowboys\u201d) plays another agent; and Cordero (\u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d) plays a cartel member.<\/p>\n
Clint Eastwood (\u201cSully,\u201d \u201cAmerican Sniper\u201d) directed from a screenplay by Nick Schenk (\u201cGran Torino\u201d), inspired by the New York Times Magazine article \u201cThe Sinaloa Cartels\u2019 90-Year-Old Drug Mule\u201d by Sam Dolnick. Eastwood also produced the film under his Malpaso banner, along with Tim Moore, Kristina Rivera and Jessica Meier, and Imperative Entertainment\u2019s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas. The film\u2019s executive producers are Dave Bernad, Ruben Fleischer, Todd Hoffman and Aaron Gilbert. Jillian Apfelbaum and David M. Bernstein co-produced.<\/p>\n
Eastwood\u2019s team behind the scenes includes director of photography Yves B\u00e9langer (\u201cBrooklyn,\u201d \u201cDallas Buyers Club\u201d) and production designer Kevin Ishioka (\u201cThe 15:17 to Paris\u201d), along with longtime costume designer Deborah Hopper and Oscar-winning editor Joel Cox (\u201cUnforgiven\u201d), who have worked with Eastwood throughout the years on numerous projects.<\/p>\n
A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation, in Association with Imperative Entertainment, in Association with BRON Creative, a Malpaso Production, \u201cThe Mule\u201d will be released in theaters December 14, 2018, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.<\/p>\n
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