Brad
Pitt will star opposite Michael Fassbender (Fish Tank) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men) in the indie drama.
Based on Solomon Northup’s autobiography, Twelve Years A Slave centers on a man (Ejiofor) living in New York during the mid-1800s who is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the deep south.
Steve McQueen will direct from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley (Bobby).
Filming is expected to begin sometime next year.
Pitt will next be seen in Moneyball, which opens in the U.K. on November 25.
Source: Screen Daily