Maybe the reason Brad Pitt dropped out of Darren Aronofsky’s “The Fighter,” is because he’s seemingly going to be everywhere at once?
Pitt has signed on to join George Miller (the guy who will direct the ‘Justice League’ film in 2050) for an adaptation of Greek poet, Homer’s epic “The Odyssey.” However, instead of making it like “Troy” (which was an adaptation of Homer’s “Illiad”), the plan is to set it in outer-space (whaaa?) Warner Bros. have apparently “quietly” set-up the film. Obviously, “The Odyssey” is about Odysseus long journey home after the ten-year war and Troy has fallen.
Meanwhile, writer Steve Zaillian (“Gangs Of New York”) has signed on to adapt the novel, “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” as a vehicle for Pitt to star in. The story is about a Major Leagues baseball manager who “assembles a contending baseball club on a shoestring budget by employing a sophisticated computer-based analysis to draft players,” according to Variety.
Pitt’s been a busy man and has been working with a ton of contemporary auteurs. Up next for him is David Fincher’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” then Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life,” and of course, Quentin Tarantino’s”Inglourious Basterds,” which just started shooting in Germany.