“Conclave” director Edward Berger has a new high-profile feature in the works and will have Oscar-winner Brad Pitt (“Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”) attached to star, as the two are teaming up for an adaptation of the Tim Winton novel “The Riders.”
Deadline has revealed the hot-as-a-pistol packaged deal has landed at A24 with screenwriter David Kajganich tackling the script. Kajagnich previously worked on the series “The Terror” along with Luca Guadagnino‘s films “Bones & All” and his remake of the Dario Argento horror flick “Suspiria.”
Here is the official logline for “The Riders” courtesy of Amazon:
After traveling through Europe for two years, Scully and his wife Jennifer wind up in Ireland, and on a mystical whim of Jennifer’s, buy an old farmhouse which stands in the shadow of a castle. While Scully spends weeks alone renovating the old house, Jennifer returns to Australia to liquidate their assets. When Scully arrives at Shannon Airport to pick up Jennifer and their seven-year-old daughter, Billie, it is Billie who emerges—alone. There is no note, no explanation, not so much as a word from Jennifer, and the shock has left Billie speechless. In that instant, Scully’s life falls to pieces.
Pitt is coming off pics like Jon Watts‘ “Wolfs” co-starring George Clooney and will be leading the Joseph Kosinski racing drama “F1” when the movie hits screens on June 27. He’s also attached to reprise his “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” role of Cliff Booth in a follow-up film at Netflix, penned by Quentin Tarantino, but is going to be directed by David Fincher (“The Killer”).
Berger, who has been courted for the Jason Bourne and James Bond franchises, won the Best International Feature Film and Best Production Design Oscars for the anti-war film “All Quiet On The Western Front” and “Conclave” won Best Adapted Screenplay with a total of eight nominations, including for Best Picture alongside nominations for Ralph Finnes and Isabellla Rossellini.
Who will play Pitt’s wife and daughter will be the next big step in the process for “The Riders.”
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