EXCLUSIVE: After signing a star-studded cast for its YA fantasy novel adaptation Children of Blood and Bone, Paramount has inked a deal for Brad Pitt to produce and star in Heart of the Beast, David Ayer’s action adventure film for Paramount Pictures, on which we were first to report last March.
Written by Cameron Alexander, who will executive produce, the film centers on a former Army Special Forces Soldier and his retired combat dog who battle for survival after a plane crash deep in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness.
Damien Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton will also produce under their Wild Chickens Productions banner, as part of their first-look deal with the studio.
Ayer produces under his Crave Films banner, along with Temple Hill Entertainment, and Pitt under his Plan B banner. Richard Raymond is co-producing.
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