Brad Pitt Set to Star in Netflix’s WAR MACHINE Film
Brad Pitt is set to star in a upcoming original film for Netflix called War Machine. It’s described as being a “provocative satirical comedy” and it comes from David Michôd, the writer and director of Animal Kingdom and Rover.
The movie was inspired by the book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan, which was written by the late Michael Hastings.
War Machine concerns a four star, “rock star” general whose lethal reputation and impeccable track record vaults him to command the American war in Afghanistan. Determined to win the “impossible” war once and for all with a radical new approach, the general and his motley staff of commanders and press advisers race across the globe navigating delicate international alliances and troop requests, the charged battlefield of Washington politics, the voracious appetite of the media, and the day-to-day management of the war itself – all the while struggling to stay connected to the lives of men and women out in the field.
This sounds like it will make for a great movie. It will be made available exclusively to Netflix members first, and will then be released in select theaters next year. Production is set to star this August.
Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said this in a statement:
“’War Machine’ is a rip-roaring, behind-the-facade tale of modern war decision-makers, from the corridors of power to the distant regions of America’s ambitions. Brad and David are a perfect team to make this timely, compelling and entertaining film.”
Pitt added:
“We are so excited to be a part of the inspiring commitment by Netflix to produce cutting-edge content and to deliver it to a global audience.”
Michôd then expressed his feelings:
“I’m humbled to be making a big, bold movie about the whole sprawling, complex, cumbersome and crazy machinery of modern war and the many lives it touches.”
I’ll be looking forward to it.