Troy director Wolfgang Petersen and WB are set to remake the Oscar-winning Steve McQueen starrer Bullitt.
The original was based on the Robert L. Pike novel “Mute Witness,” but the remake isn’t. Petersen sparked more to the character than to the original storyline. Peterson told Variety Bullitt is not about “remaking a film or repeating a plot, it is about reviving a great character,” Petersen said. “Frank Bullitt is a cool, no-nonsense man who doesn’t compromise. Bullitt walks his own path and his pursuit of the truth is unrelenting.”
