Best of Enemies | Bradley Cooper & Christian Bale

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Following their work together on David O. Russell’s 2013 Best Picture-nominated crime comedy American Hustle, Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale are in talks to reteam on Best of Enemies, a new film based on the book Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Eric Dezenhall and Gus Russo.

American Hustle‘s Eric Warren Singer is aboard to script the pic, with Atlas Entertainment‘s Charles Roven (Oppenheimer) aboard to produce. While Netflix and Apple have been reported as leading the chase for the package, Deadline understands that it’s still in play with the full array of studios and streamers. There’s no word yet on who will direct the pic, but we hear there’s a possibility that Cooper could step behind the camera here following his work on the leading awards contender Maestro. +

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Amazon and MGM Studios won the bidding war for this.