Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are close to signing on to star in a movie together, reports say.
Deadline has revealed that director Ridley Scott is close to getting the power couple for his film “The Counselor,” which will begin production in June. The Cormac McCarthy-penned thriller would be the couple’s first time as co-stars since “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” in 2005.
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Michael Fassbender is already slated to star in the the film about a lawyer who attempts to test the world of drug dealing without getting in too deep. Javier Bardem, who won an Oscar for his performance in the McCarthy adaptation “No Country for Old Men,” is also reportedly close to signing on.
In February reports surfaced that Scott was looking at Jeremy Renner for a part in the film. However, Renner appears to no longer be attached to the project. Instead, Pitt is the front-runner to play the role of West Ray.
While Jolie’s name had not been mentioned in earlier casting news for “The Counselor,” Deadline claims that Scott gained traction with the star as they collaborated on a biopic on historic figure Gertrude Bell.
When Jolie and Pitt began filming “Mr & Mrs. Smith,” Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston. However, six months before the movie’s release in 2005 the two announced their split, and Pitt was quickly linked to Jolie. The two have since confessed that they “fell in love” while making the movie. Pitt has even called the action film the favorite he ever made for that reason.
Jolie has spoken out on the idea of making a sequel to “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” with her longtime partner.
“When you’re a couple, there are certain things people don’t want to see you do. It becomes too indulgent, too personal. I don’t think people want to see people who are really together intimate onscreen,” Jolie once told MTV News. “Maybe we have to play bad guys that try to kill each other.”
If the two sign on for “The Counselor,” it will mark another reunion, too. Pitt has not been in a Ridley Scott film since his star turn as the cowboy hitchhiker in “Thelma & Louise.”