EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Footage is constant its robust relationship with its High Gun: Maverick Miles Teller as sources inform Deadline that Teller is connected to star in Paramount Footage’ Winter Video games. Paul Downs Colaizzo is directing. Pat Cunnane and Colaizzo penned the script.
Movie revolves across the high-stakes area of the Winter Olympic Video games, a perpetually neglected skier and a self-sabotaging hockey legend collide at their breaking factors. Their sudden connection threatens her probability for a medal and his shot at a comeback as they navigate romance and redemption within the Olympic Village.
Tim and Trevor White are producing on behalf of Star Thrower alongside Teller. The movie is in improvement. The mission continues the studio’s robust ties with Teller follwing the box-office smash hit High Gun: Maverick. Teller can be connected to star in a remake of An Officer and a Gentleman.
This marks reunion for Teller and co-writer Cunnane in addition to the manufacturing group of Tim and Trevor White of Star Thrower, who all just lately labored collectively on the A24 pic Eternity, which bows this June.
Previous to that, he portrayed Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw—son of the beloved “Goose”—in Paramount’s High Gun: Maverick alongside Tom Cruise. The sequel reunited Teller with Solely the Courageous director Joseph Kosinski and went on to change into the fifth highest-grossing movie of all time on the home field workplace, surpassing Titanic. It earned $100 million in its opening weekend and grossed over $1.4 billion worldwide.
In spring 2022, Teller starred within the critically acclaimed restricted sequence The Supply for Paramount+, enjoying legendary Godfather producer Al Ruddy. His efficiency earned widespread reward and added to the sequence’ robust reception.
That summer season, he reunited with Kosinski as soon as once more for Netflix’s Spiderhead, a psychological sci-fi thriller primarily based on the George Saunders quick story from The New Yorker, later included within the creator’s assortment Tenth of December.
He just lately wrapped manufacturing on two high-profile initiatives: Lionsgate’s Michael Jackson biopic Michael and A24’s Eternity, during which he stars reverse Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner. The movie is already producing early awards buzz.
Teller is repped by CAA.
