Brad Pitt to Reunite with ‘Fury’ Director David Ayer for Wilderness Survival Thriller ‘Heart of the Beast’

Preview:

• Brad Pitt will star in and produce ‘Heart of the Beast.’
• It marks a reunion with his ‘Fury’ director David Ayer.
• The story will see him as a soldier trying to survive after a plane crash.

Back in 2014, Fury,’ a World War II action movie about a grizzled tank commander who must make tough decisions as he and his crew fight their way across in April 1945.

The film starred William Bradley “Brad” Pitt.

Clearly, Pitt had enough of a good time working with Ayer that the two are now teaming back up –– albeit 11 years later –– for a new movie, this time a survival drama called ‘Heart of the Beast,’ to which Ayer has been attached since last year.

Paramount has snagged Pitt’s services to both star and co-produce the movie via his Plan B company.

What’s the story of ‘Heart of the Beast’?

Written by Cameron Alexander (who is more known as a music video director), ‘Heart of the Beast’ follows a former Army Special Forces Soldier and his retired combat dog who battle for survival after a plane crash deep in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness.

Also on the behind-the-scenes team for the movie is ‘Olivia Hamilton.

What else is David Ayer working on?

Ayer, who has been campaigning for years to get his director’s cut of 2016 superhero outing ‘Jason Statham as a former member of a shadowy group known as the Beekeepers, who are brought in for extraordinary missions.

Ayer and Statham have already teamed back up for a new offering, ‘A Working Man,’ which will see the actor playing a retired counter-terrorism expert who now works in construction, but who calls upon his particular set of skills when a local girl goes missing.

That movie will be in theaters on March 28th.

What else is Brad Pitt involved with?

Pitt was most recently seen in Jon Watts, the film saw Pitt and Clooney as two lone-wolf fixers who are forced to team up on the same job.

The film was controversially given an extremely limited one-week cinema release before showing up on the company’s streaming service, and despite performing well there, the rumored follow-up has quietly gone away.

Despite that, he’ll be back on screens this June in ‘Joseph Kosinski-directed movie about a Formula 1 racing driver who comes out of retirement to coach a younger driver –– only to get back behind the wheel himself.

That movie boasts a giant $300 million budget and has been shooting at various Formula 1 races around the world. It should be in cinemas for a little bit longer than ‘Wolfs’…

The actor is also aboard Jeff Nichols’ next film, ‘Land of Opportunity’ and has a wealth of other potential projects on his to-do list.

One is a possible reunion with Clooney for another film in the ‘Bullet Train’ filmmaker.

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Outside of his acting work, Pitt, though his company, was an executive producer on recent cinematic titles including ‘Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Coming up, he’ll also carry the same producer title on Henrik Ibsen play for Orion.

When will ‘Heart of the Beast’ be in theaters?

With filming yet to start, Paramount hasn’t handed out a release date for ‘Heart of the Beast’ just yet. It may well depend on Pitt’s schedule as for when it’s ready to head to theaters.

Other David Ayer Movies:

• 'U-571' (2000)
• 'Training Day' (2001)
• 'The Fast and the Furious' (2001)
• 'Dark Blue' (2003)
• 'S.W.A.T.' (2003)
• 'Harsh Times' (2006)
• 'Street Kings' (2008)
• 'End of Watch' (2012)
• 'Sabotage' (2014)
• 'Fury' (2014)
• 'Suicide Squad' (2016)
• 'Bright' (2017)
• 'The Tax Collector' (2020)
• 'The Beekeeper' (2024)

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