Penn Tackles Jan. 6
Sean Penn will direct a Warner Bros. film about a Capitol police officer on Jan. 6.
June 16, 2026 · Updated Jun 16, 8:00pm ET
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What happened
Sean Penn will write and direct an untitled Warner Bros. drama about a police officer caught up in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bradley Cooper is in talks to star as the officer, according to reports citing Deadline, though no final deal has been announced. The project reunites Penn with Warner Bros. after “One Battle After Another,” and is described as a passion project following the officer’s life before the Capitol riot. The film would mark one of Hollywood’s most prominent dramatic treatments of Jan. 6.