Brad Pitt and Robert Zemeckis Team For "Sweeping Romantic Thriller" at Paramount

Robert Zemeckis, who is in post-production on his true-story adaptation The Walk right now, is teaming up with Brad Pitt for a mysterious new film for Paramount Pictures. Steven Knight, the writer/director behind Locke, Peaky Blinders, and Redemption (he also wrote Eastern Promises and - this is baffling to me - has a screenwriting credit on the Jeff Bridges-starrer Seventh Son) wrote the script based on his original idea, and Graham King of GK Films will produce alongside Zemeckis and Steve Starkey (Flight, Real Steel).

Not much is known about the movie at this point. The press release I got calls it "epic" and a "sweeping romantic thriller," and The Wrap says that a source close to the film tells them it will take place during World War II. If true, that'll be three major WWII-set projects for Pitt over the past few years, following Inglourious Basterds and Fury.

Separately, this creative team has done some amazing work. But I'm not convinced that Zemeckis is capable of directing a great live-action film again following all of those years spent tinkering around with motion capture and digital technology - Flight wasn't very good, and he seems to have lost his mojo. Will working with a screenplay by the talented Steven Knight (who is also working on the World War Z sequel) and having Brad Pitt lead the film be enough to get him back on track? Time will tell.