Cops

Cops would be a 2032 American adventure cop film directed by Steven Spielberg and co-produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, while Joe Cornish and Steven Moffat would write the film. Produced by Lucasfilm in collaboration with Amblin Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company, the film would star Tessa Thompson, Robert Downey Jr., Auli'i Cravalho, and Nicole Scherezinger. The score would be composed and conducted by John Williams.

Work on a police-centered feature film at Lucasfilm would begin in early 2029, with Spielberg attached as director and producer alongside Kennedy and Marshall. Cornish and Moffat would join as writers in mid-2029, and Thompson would be cast as its lead in late 2029. Downey Jr. and Scherzinger would join in early 2030, with Cravalho joining in late 2030. Filming would begin in early 2031, in New York City, New York. The filmmakers would research on how the New York Police Department works in order to potray it accurately in the film. Spielberg would describe the film as "a subversion of cop movies with a timely tone".

Cops would be released in July 3, 2032, and would be universally praised, with critics praising the film for its direction, screenplay, themes, exploration of the police system, performances (particularly Thompson, Downey Jr., and Cravalho's), action sequences, and musical score. The film would also be a commercial success, earning 980 million dollars at the worldwide box office over a budget of 90 million dollars. The film would earn an Academy Award for Best Original Score and an Annie Award for Best Film.

Synopsis
Helen Sykes is one of the NYPD's finest and most loyal members ever, with a by-the-books lifestyle, a firm belief in the system and a spotless track record. Thanks to this, she is respected by everyone. However, all of this chages one day, when a series of robberies are commited througth the city, causing Helen's boss, Travis Hart, to put her on the case and track down this criminal alongside a young criminal named, Joy Roberts. However, as she investigates, Helen stumbles upon a bigger conspiracy that forces her to trust her own instincts and face the deep flaws inside the police system.

Cast

 * Tessa Thompson as Helen Sykes, a by-the-books New York police officer who is sent to find and arrest a mysterious criminal, eventually causing her to doubt the effectiveness of the system. According to Thompson, the character would learn througth the film that "sometimes, your guts are wiser than the rules".
 * Robert Downey Jr. as Travis Hart, the charamistic chief of the New York Police Department, who is secretly planning to kidnap the mayor and uses his influence to mislead Sykes.
 * Auli'i Cravalho as Joy Roberts, a young but gifted criminal who is recrutied by Sykes, as she holds an extensive knowledge of the criminal underworld
 * Nichole Scherzinger as Darla Kessinger, a criminal who is hunted by Helen for being seemingly behind the mysterious thiefs.

Music
Recurring Steven Spielberg collaborator John Williams would compose and conduce the film's score. Williams would draw inspiration from several police TV series' scores for his work on the film, as he would aim to "keep the cop film spirit", througth he would also "give that style [his] own personal stamp". Williams' theme for Helen would be something that "is both an standart cop theme and something totally different and unique", while his theme for Joy would be "more rebellious" than Helen's. He would also create a "commercial-like theme" for Travis to reflect his charismatic personality, and a "tragic and misunderstood" theme for Darla.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film would have an approval rating of 98%, with an average rating of 9.9/10, based on 254 reviews. The website's critical consensus would read, "Another easy win for Steven Spielberg, Cops is a supringsly timely and thougth-provoking story fultered by A-list performances and a magnificent screenplay, ultimately giving birth to one of the best police films in recent time". On Metacritic, the film would have a weighted rating of 81 out of 100, based on 50 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

Trivia

 * Nicole Scherzinger and Auli'i Cravalho previously worked together on Disney's Moana (2016)
 * This would be Steven Spielberg's first cop film.
 * The film would be the second live-action Lucasfilm production to be unrelated to both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises, after Children of Blood and Bone.