Brad Pitt to develop feature film on sci-fi novel 'Illuminae'

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
Last Updated : Nov 21 2015 | 9:42 AM IST
Actor-producer Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment will be adapting "Illuminae", a new young adult sci-fi novel in collaboration with Warner Bros.
Written by award-winning authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff the story is told through a dossier of hacked documents including emails, maps, files, IMs, medical reports and interviews, said The Hollywood Reporter.
The first of "The Illuminae Files" trilogy, the novel centres on a hacker and her ex-boyfriend in the year 2575 with two rival mega corporations warring over a planet at the edge of the universe. With a plague breaking out, the duo is forced to evacuate the planet with a hostile warship in pursuit.
Pitt will produce along with Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.
Sarah Esberg will executive produce and execute for Plan B.
Hunt for writers to adapt "Illuminae" has already started.
Plan B has produced films like "World War Z," "12 Years a Slave," "The Big Short" and "The Lost City of Z.
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First Published: Nov 21 2015 | 9:42 AM IST

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