Brad Pitt to star in Red Dead movie?

By Ellie Gibson Published 27 August, 2010

He's the "hot favourite", apparently.

Hollywood megastar Brad Pitt has been tipped to star in a new movie based on Red Dead Redemption.

According to Showbiz Spy, Pitt "is the hot favorite to play renegade outlaw John Marston in an epic cowboy shoot-em-up based on the PlayStation game".

Pitt hasn't commented on the story. But a source was quoted as saying, "This is an exciting project with a great character at the center of it The idea is to make this in the style of an epic Western movie but with a few modern touches.

"Brad is perfect for the role and he is being given first refusal."

But what if Brad says no? We vote Ben Fogle for second choice.

Red Dead Redemption is out now for PlayStation Three and the Micro-soft X-Box 360.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Dr.Frappers #1 2 years ago

    God on a stick - not Bradley Pitt .....

  • spekkeh #2 2 years ago

    Given RDR's epic story, I take it this will be a 10-min short film?

    No problem with Brad by the way, not sure if he can pull off the grisly voice, but he very much redeemed himself as a good actor for tough heterosexual men like me.

  • NotSoSlim #3 2 years ago

    Probably saw him in that Jesse James film and were impressed

  • CUTZ-SIX #4 2 years ago

    Just get Guy Pearce...He looked great in "the Proposition" from 2005.
    Australian western.

  • Gromit #5 2 years ago

    Who else?

    Alan Carr?
    Pete "red eye" Docherty?
    Trevor Mcdonald?
    "Wild" Boris Johnson?

  • Zeliard #6 2 years ago

    @NotSoSlim

    Brad Pitt was great as Jesse James. Restrained, subtle, yet still forceful and commanding. He's got the chops.

  • Zebula77 #7 2 years ago

    Jesse James is the best western in ages, and Pitt was awesome in that one. I have no qualms about seeing him in a RDR movie (which again, is an awesome idea).

  • metalangel #8 2 years ago

    I hope this stays true to the game, and is two hours of watching a wagon go past/horses galloping along a road while the world's most boring dialogue is heard.

  • kangarootoo #9 2 years ago

    They should translate plot events accurrately to the screen, so for most of the film Brad tells people he will put a bullet in their head if they don't cooperate, but every one of them, from the oldest grandmother to the kid selling papers in the street, verbally slaps him down, and he ends up riding across the state to retrieve a forgotten packed lunch or some such :)

    I loved RDR to bits, game of the year no doubt, but come on lets be honest about the difference between plot and "doing random stuff for no tangible reason".

  • kangarootoo #10 2 years ago

    @metalangel

    You do know you can skip that stuff, right?

  • kangarootoo #11 2 years ago

    When has Ben Fogle ever acted? He is that TV vet presenter bloke isn't he?

  • dirtysteve #12 2 years ago

    translation 'We could use a big name for this movie, so we'll pick Brad Pitt, we don't have a chance in hell of getting him, but hey, we just generated more publicity!'

  • arcam #13 2 years ago

    Predictions: This movie will never see the light of day, and Brad Pitt has never even heard of it, much less interested in the title role.

  • ohcomeon #14 2 years ago

    @TheDellBingo

    Haha. Are you thinking of Ben Foster? http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004936/

  • javvyman #15 2 years ago

    Stephen Moyer would be perfect casting for this film.
    He has the voice and does the old west accent very well (see true blood)
    Has the look too, but would need to bulk up a little.

  • kingnothing12 #16 2 years ago

    If Jonah Hex weren't about to come out, i'd say Josh Brolin is way more suited for the part, hell he even looks like marston.

  • MyPointIs #17 2 years ago

    "is the hot favorite to play renegade outlaw John Marston in an epic cowboy shoot-em-up based on the PlayStation game"

    Ok, so not the Xbox one. Phew! :)

  • schnide #18 2 years ago

    @roo

    As someone who works in the industry, shouldn't your comment be more focused on the fact you shouldn't want or have to skip it?

  • kangarootoo #19 2 years ago

    @schnide

    Well I guess so, but I don't always speak with my designer head on. As a player, a crap conversation that I can skip and a crap conversation that doesn't exist are not much worse than each other. If it wasn't possible to skip, THEN I would get all uppity and officious about it :)



    Hmmm, a thought has just occurred. I was thinking of the travel dialogue in coaches and cars and so on. In hindsight, that isn't what metalangel was on about (I don't think). So I am a muppet.

  • Tinrib72 #20 2 years ago

    Zavvi advertising Red Dead @ £55 quid! Thieving bar stewards!

    Back on topic: Brad Pitt...whatever.

  • CrispyLog #21 2 years ago

    I hope they don't follow Red Dead too much and just make a great western in the vein of Unforgiven but use the Red Dead name to bring the money in.

  • schnide #22 2 years ago

    @roo

    Then we'd share our muppetry, because I thought that's what he was going on about too, and I think it is.

    Designer or player head, neither make a difference to me (or maybe I should be a designer..) because if that dialogue has a purpose, then it should fit that purpose and be entertaining and/or enlightening dialogue. If it can be skipped then it's not necessary, and shouldn't be there. That goes for cinematics in games or film.

  • Person49 #23 2 years ago

    Clearly a part best suited to Tobias Funke.

  • arcam #24 2 years ago

    "Excuse me, do these chaps effectively hide my thunder?"

  • Person49 #25 2 years ago

    "Well, yes, but I’m afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid I have something of a mess on my hands."

  • AtomicBanana Verified Level Designer, Playground Games #26 2 years ago

    Oh, I've been in the film business for a while, but I just can't seem to get one in the can.

  • Lukus #27 2 years ago

    I'd definitely like to see Ben Fogle get shot in the face.

  • darleysam #28 2 years ago

    Based on the Playstation game? So it'll look slightly worse than it could do?

    NEGS ONLY MAKE ME STRONGER.

  • megastar #29 2 years ago

    Hollywood ""megastar"" ?? ....

    pffft

  • metalangel #30 2 years ago

    @roo ( :p ) and schnide: I'm talking about how many missions start with you holding down A and doing little more than some minor steering to ride alongside someone while listening to a really long, uninteresting exchange twixt Marston and the other character. Some require you to drive a wagon instead. And some you're the passenger in the wagon.

    GTA doesn't suffer this nearly as much, as you can drive fast and dangerous to keep yourself amused...

  • Lunatic4ever #31 2 years ago

    This could be fucking brilliant.

  • kangarootoo #32 2 years ago

    @metalangel

    Ah, ok. So, the carriage rides you can skip. The horse riding "hold A to win" (joke) sections you can't, and they also did my nut in a bit. I guess they feel they nee to fill the silence that would result if you just rode across the landscape without chit chat. Thing is though, if you know where you are going you can just hoof it (no pun intended) ahead and when you reach the checkpoint, everyone mgically catches up with you. If you don't though, you have to ride along at a bloody snal's pace as you say. Those were'nt the high points of the game, I agree.