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Bullitt remake with Brad Pitt?

Exciting news from the movies and Mustang front as we’ve just heard that there will be a remake of this great classic movie:

“Brad Pitt is said to star in the remake of the 1960’s classic, ‘Bullitt.’ Pitt will take the role of Lt. Frank Bullitt, originally played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 version. According to sources “Brad shares a lot of the same passions as Steve McQueen – including a love of motorbikes and fast cars – so it was a dream role for him.”
The 1968 movie is based around a detective hunting a hitman who killed his fellow officers. The movie was best known for featuring one of the best car chases in theater history as McQueen’s Mustang car speeds through San Francisco.
Pitt was originally sought out for the role since 2003 but the project has now been given the green light.”

As I wrote in ‘A car chase like never before‘ it will be very interesting to see how they are going to top this in the remake, but I’ll go see it for sure.

One question maybe. Will it be a remake with the old classic Mustang or will it be (like the writer of the news suggests) with the new 2008 Mustang?

King of the Road

At the end of March Ford announced an exciting teaser related to the 40th anniversary of the 1968 Shelby GT500 KR: a new “King of the Road” to be expected in 2008. You can hear Carroll Shelby talk about the KR, what Ford’s ask was at the time and how they to the name in this video:

It will be an exclusive run of only 1.000 units for the new Shelby Mustang, and I’ll leave it up to other sites to amuse you with the technical details, but here’s what you can expect. I still prefer the classic versions over any new one, but must say this looks very good.

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