Brad Pitt is set to star in a thriller about assassins aboard the same bullet train out of Tokyo, ET can confirm. Appropriately titled, the pic hails from Sony Pictures and director David Leitch ().
is based on best-selling Japanese author Kotaro Isaka's 2010 novel,, about five hitmen, each with their own conflicting mission, whose paths cross on a train from Tokyo to Morioka.
scripter Zak Olkewicz will adapt.Leitch actually served as Pitt's stunt double on such films as and before moving behind the camera.
He then directed Pitt in a cameo appearance in , for which the actor appeared for a single jokey scene as the superhero The Vanisher.This also marks Pitt's first gig following his Oscar win for earlier this year.
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