Brad Pitt Digs Con Men and Meth Heads
Filed under: Drama, Deals, Paramount, Scripts, Brad Pitt
So before anyone accuses me of pandering to celebrity by putting a picture of Brad Pitt on this news item, I want you to know that I tried to find a picture that was a little more 'newsworthy', but caved when I came up with nothing. So, it's Pitt you get. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Pitt's production company, Plan B, have purchased the rights to the true life tale of local journalist Linda Trest, and her take-down of a conman posing as a federal agent in Gerald, Missouri.Anthony Walton and Andrew Dresher have already been tapped to write the story of a small town journalist by the name of Linda Trest who had been receiving complaints about drug searches that had been conducted by Bill A. Jakob (a new-to-town federal agent who had supposedly been sent to handle the town's Methamphetamine problem). After conducting her own investigation, Trest uncovered that Jakob was an unemployed former trucking company owner, a former security guard, a former wedding minister and a former small-town cop -- one thing he wasn't was a federal agent. Jakob eventually pleaded guilty to impersonating an officer, and is facing six years in prison.
Plan B has been snatching up new properties left and right lately, including Eat, Pray, Love, with Ryan Murphy directing, The Killer and Black Hole with David Fincher, and the just-announced Battling Boy. Like with most Plan B projects, rumors are already brewing over whether or not Pitt will star (presumably as Jakob). But as we all know, Pitt has the bad habit of dropping out of movies even after signing on the dotted line, so we'll have to wait and see.
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12-08-2008 @ 4:58AM
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12-15-2008 @ 11:19PM
LowBlow said...
Geez...low blow there about dropping out of movies! You work for Universal or sumpin'? The next time they sign Brad Pitt to a pay-or-play deal they'll have to remember to NOT give him script approval and then try to run an end-around with him by pushing ahead with a movie even though he hasn't approved the script. When that happens Pitt has proven his willingness to walk away from a project time and again. Instead you end up paying Russell Crowe the same $20MIL as Pitt and then sit quietly and watch his next movie tank at the box office. You think Uni's happy to hear about the dismal take of "Body of Lies"? Somehow...I don't think so. BTW, when finished "The Fountain" was a hot mess. Thank God Pitt had sense enough to walk away from that one!
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