Marion Cotillard Joins Brad Pitt's Untitled WWII Spy Drama

By Dondi Tiples, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Brad Pitt has reportedly brought Oscar winner Marion Cotillard on board his yet untitled WWII spy drama.

Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard has signed on to star in Brad Pitt's upcoming World War II project to be released under Paramount Films and New Regency Pictures.

The World War II spy drama is Pitt's third film of the period following "Inglorious Basterds" in 2009 and "Fury" in 2014, both of which met with positive and critical acclaim and earned well in the box office.

Unlike the two previous films, however, which were marked by dark themes and gritty violence, the upcoming World War II film is set to be a romantic drama starring both Pitt and Cotillard as assassins who fall in love during a mission to eliminate a prominent German official.

The plot follows the two protagonists as they eventually marry, but the marriage hits a snag when Pitt's character informs his wife he is a double agent working for Germany and must now kill her after he receives the orders from his superiors.

The film will be penned by British screenwriter, Steven Knight, who is currently writing the "World War Z" sequel, and helmed by "Flight" director Robert Zemeckis, who is also producing the romantic spy drama alongside Graham King and Steve Starkey.

Cotillard, who won an Oscar for 2007's "La Vie en Rose" is currently filming Xavier Dolan's "Its' Only the End of the World" with Lea Seydoux and Vincent Cassel, while Pitt is fresh off his wife, Angelina Jolie's third directorial effort, "By the Sea," and is filming "The Big Short," an American drama co-starring Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Steve Carell.

Production for the upcoming World War II film is scheduled for fall, with filming set to begin by early 2016.