Sean Penn will direct a new film about the January 6 riot set to star Bradley Cooper. According to Deadline, the star, who recently won his third Oscar, will bring what’s been described as a “passion project” to the screen and act as both writer and director. The as-yet-untitled drama will follow the life of a police officer who gets mixed up in the violent insurrection of 2021. Cooper is reportedly in talks to play him. The film has also been referred to as an “unexpected story about friendship” that will be made in collaboration with the real-life subject whose...