First THE MULE Trailer Watch the first THE MULE trailer! The film, directed by Clint Eastwood (Sully, American Sniper), stars Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Michael Peña, Taissa Farmiga, Laurence Fishburne, Dianne Wiest, Clifton Collins Jr., and Andy Garcia. THE MULE will be released in theaters on December 14. A 90-year-old horticulturist and WWII veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel.