Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment and Warner Bros. are teaming up to adapt Illuminae, the new YA sci-fi novel by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Pitt will produce along with Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner. A search for writers to adapt the novel has begun.
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The latest trailer for The Big Short, based on the book by Michael Lewis, "sees Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt and Christian Bale waging war against the American banking system," the Hollywood Reporter noted. Directed by Adam McKay, the movie hits theaters December 23.
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Kenneth Branagh will direct and star in 20th Century Fox's remake of Murder on the Orient Express, based on Agatha Christie classic mystery novel. Deadline.com reported that Branagh will also produce along with Ridley Scott, Simon Kinberg and Mark Gordon. Michael Green (Blade Runner 2) is writing the script.
