The Mule

Release Date: Friday, December 14, 2018 Nationwide

Michael Pena, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Clint Eastwood, Ruben Fleischer, Taissa Farmiga, Dianne Wiest, Nick Schenk, Todd Hoffman, Alison Eastwood, Ignacio Serricchio, Dave Bernad

R Crime N/A

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Plot

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Plot
Clint 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.
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The film's director Clint Eastwood last directed Cry Macho and Richard Jewell. The film's writer Nick Schenk last wrote A Christmas Story Christmas and Cry Macho.

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Dan Friedkin
Bradley Thomas
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Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for language throughout and brief sexuality/nudity
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
Nobody runs forever.
Also known as
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Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Bradley Cooper will play the DEA agent (Hollywood Reporter, 5/18/2018).
  • Inspired by a 2014 New York Times Magazine article.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Production

The film was tagged as Production. Now shooting in Augusta, Georgia.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

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The Mule was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, December 14, 2018 . There were 11 other movies released on the same date, including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Mortal Engines and Roma.



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  • Set the MPAA rating to R for language throughout and brief sexuality/nudity

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