Sandra Bullock has joined the cast of Sony Pictures’ upcoming action thriller Bullet Train. She is the latest to board the star-studded project, led by Brad Pitt. The two will be joined by Joey King, Zazie Beetz, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Michael Shannon, Brian Tyree Henry and Lady Gaga.
While it is still unclear what Bullock’s role will be, the movie, from John Wick director David Leitch, is said to be based on author Kotaro Isaka’s Japanese novel Maria Beetle and portrays the story of a group of assassins arriving on a bullet train in Tokyo and realizing that their assignments are all connected.
This will be the first time that Bullock and Pitt will appear in a film together. While Bullock was an integral part of Ocean’s Eight, the female spin-off of Pitt's Ocean's Eleven franchise, the two Oscar-winning actors have never worked together before.
Bullock was last seen in Netflix’s Bird Box, released in 2018. While the thriller did not receive a lot of praise, it was revealed that it was viewed by 45 million accounts in just the first seven days of its release. Pitt last appeared in 2019’s Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood, the movie that earned him his first Oscar.
Production on Bullet Train began in October 2020 in Los Angeles. However, a member of the crew tested positive for COVID-19 in December. The individual, who was said to be asymptomatic, had come into contact with other crew members and actors on set, leading to the production team sending everyone home. Pitt was one of them, but he tested negative multiple times before resuming work.
With no assigned release date assigned to it yet, it remains to be seen when fans will be able to watch the Bullet Train. However, this isn’t the first movie set to be affected by a positive COVID-19 test. Recently, a team member on the third Fantastic Beasts film set tested positive, leading to the UK shoot shutting down. Filming on the Jurassic World: Dominion was also delayed due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests. In March of 2020, Robert Pattinson had contracted the virus, bringing the production of The Batman to a temporary halt.
Apart from these, many other shoots have been affected due to several lockdowns implemented around the world to stop the spread of the COVID-19. Many of the most-awaited films that were meant to arrive on the big screen in 2020 were delayed, with cinemas still shut in many parts of the world.
Soure: Deadline