Brad Pitt to play an Assassin in THE GRAY MAN

It looks like mega star Brad Pitt could end up taking on the lead role of Court Gentry in the upcoming big screen film adaption of Mark Greaney's novel, The Gray Man. The film is set to be directed by We Own the Night director James Grey from a script written by Adam Cozad. Pitt is not officially signed on yet, but he's currently in negotiations. The film will be an adaptation of the first book in the series that focuses on a former CIA operative turned assassin-for-hire. I could see Pitt take on a role like this, I think it could be a good movie for his to take on. Grey said in a previous interview that he "has a very specific plan to shoot the film that will distinguish it from past assassin-on-the-run thrillers like the Jason Bourne films. That is to have the point of view come from the assassin."

Here's the official description of the first book:

Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man-a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their eyes, Gentry has just outlived his usefulness.

Now, he is going to prove that for him, there's no gray area between killing for a living-and killing to stay alive.

Pitt most recently starred in Terrence Malick's incredibly boring and pointless film The Tree of Life. He will next be seen in Moneyball, which looks good, and is currently filming the highly anticipated zombie epic, World War Z.