File it under another Brad Pitt rumor for now, but consider it a bit more believable than the “Red Dead Redemption” story that circled around yesterday.
Pajiba reports that Brad Pitt has been offered a role in “Brownsville Girl” based on the famed Bob Dylan song. It sounds like a rumor best left alone, however, it is lent some weight by addition of Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”) as the potential director on the film. As you might recall, the two were linked earlier this year to the period drama “The Hatfields And The McCoys” so it seems clear they are trying to develop something to work together on. Also intriguing is that the script has been written by Jay Cocks (“The Age Of Innocence,” “Gangs Of New York”) at the behest of Dylan himself.
Described as a cross between “Bonnie & Clyde” and “The Shawshank Redemption,” the film would follow ” a man that gets caught up with a life of theft and murder that spans two decades as he tries to hold on to the woman he loves.”
The project is being produced by produced by Irwin Winkler and Winkler Films and obviously everything could change entirely but Pitt/Cooper doing a film based on a Dylan song? Yeah, we’d be game. Listen to Dylan’s opus from “Knocked Out Loaded” below.
Bob Dylan “Brownsville Girl”