James Gray and Brad Pitt Enter The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z
We Own the Night director James Gray has signed on to direct The Lost City of Z for Paramount, and is adapting the David Grann book with Brad Pitt in mind to star as British soldier and spy Percy Fawcett, according to Variety.

The nonfiction book by Grann, a staffer at the New Yorker, will be published in April by Doubleday. Paramount acquired it earlier this year for Pitt to produce through his Par-based Plan B banner.

Fawcett left Victorian society to explore in the Amazon, and he became obsessed by the idea of an advanced civilization he called Z, which he believed existed in the depths of the jungle. Along with his son, Fawcett headed into the jungle in 1925 in search of Z and was never seen again.

"This is a terrific opportunity to do something entirely different for me," Gray said. "It is a story that will be told with an epic scale, with a main character who is larger than life."

No production date has been set.


Sources: Variety

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Comments (5)

  1. Shelley

    No I do not have a thing against Brad, I have just never cared for him or thought he was all that great looking. I know I am in the minority, but believe me I have tried to like him more, I just can't.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  2. Space101

    This sounds pretty good to me. But I agree with Shelley by saying I dont give a rat's ass about the private life of Brangelina

    3 years agoby @space101Flag

  3. Mutant

    This sounds awesome.
    Do you have something against Brad? Shelley.

    3 years agoby @zenderFlag

  4. Shelley

    All I had to hear was Brad Pitt to know I will not be interested. And before anyone says anything, I have never liked him and could care less what anyone does in their private life.

    3 years agoby @shelleyFlag

  5. The Narrator: The Better Man

    Sounds cool. Looking forward to it.

    3 years agoby @narratorFlag

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