Clint Eastwoodpulled a Clint Eastwood this year, shooting, editing, completing, and releasing a new film in less than 6 months (it started filming in June), and now the first poster for said film has been released. The movie is calledThe Mule, and is inspired by a true story as it stars Eastwood as a lonely man in his 80s who takes on a job that simply asks him to drive. Unbeknownst to him, he’s actually been enlisted by a Mexican drug cartel as a mule, and as he’s given even more precious cargo, he must deal with the stress of being watched not only by dangerous criminals, but also the DEA.
This poster is pretty simple—it’s Eastwood and the truck—but it’s effective. I’ll admit I haven’t been a fan of Eastwood’s directorial work in a long time, butthe trailer forThe Mulewas extremely powerful, and I’m curious about this one. There’s no telling whether he’s put together a solid, Oscar-contending drama or if his penchant for doing one take and moving on has led to another15:17 to Paris-level disaster (again,The Mulestarted filming inJuneand it’s being released in December), but my interest has been sufficiently piqued.
Check out theMuleposter below. The film also starsBradley Cooper,Laurence Fishburne,Michael Peńa,Dianne Wiest,Andy Garcia,Alison Eastwood,Taissa Farmiga,Ignacio Serricchio, andLoren Dean.The Muleopens in theaters on December 14th.
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Mule:
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’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well—so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn’t 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’s past mistakes start to weigh heavily on him, and it’s uncertain if he’ll have time to right those wrongs before law enforcement, or the cartel’s enforcers, catch up to him.
