Steven Spielberg is developing an original feature film based on the character of Frank Bullitt, the San Francisco cop first played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller, “Bullitt.”

Josh Singer (“The Post,” “Spotlight”) is set to write the screenplay, with regular Spielberg collaborator Kristie Macosko Krieger on board to produce with the director. McQueen’s children, Chad and Molly McQueen, are executive producing after a lengthy negotiation process to secure the rights to the character.

The movie will not be a remake, but instead an original story about the character. The 1968 movie, about Bullitt’s investigation into the death of a mob informant, is arguably McQueen’s most iconic role, and features one of the most memorable car chases in movie history with McQueen famously doing all of his own driving.

No script is in place for Spielberg’s take on the character, and no deals have been set, so this will not be the filmmaker’s next movie after “The Fablemans” debuts in November.

Spielberg is on something of a cinema history kick, having just earned two Academy Award nominations for directing and producing his reimagining of the classic musical “West Side Story,” which is also nominated for best picture.

This story was first reported by Deadline.

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