The last time Adam Driver and Jeff Nichols paired up, the result was 2014’s underrated sci-fi film Midnight Special. While it was just another notch on the belt of Nichols’ brief but acclaimed career, that film really marked a turning point for Driver as he rose to A-list status. Now the two are reuniting for Nichols’ latest, Yankee Comandante, and it sounds like a doozy.
Nichols will write and direct Yankee Comandante, which is based on the David Grann article in New Yorker about an Ohio man who becomes a comandante in the Cuban Revolution fighting alongside Che Guevara. The Oscar-nominated Driver is set for the lead role.
This one has “awards season” written all over it. Nichols’ resume is about as consistently great as it gets, with films such as Take Shelter, Mud, and 2016’s Loving. Driver is a much bigger star now than when he starred in Midnight Special. Lately he has been an absolute force, with The Report, BlacKkKlansman, Marriage Story, and of course, a few Star Wars movies to his credit. [Variety]
