Brad Pitt – soon to portray Jesse James in a new bio-pic – is attached to star in a new film called Chad Schmidt, a new Steve Conrad script (The Weatherman) that has been sold to Columbia Pictures for more than $1 million, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
This is the overall premise: It centers on a talented young actor who moves to Los Angeles in the 1980s to pursue his dream of movie stardom. The twist is that he bears a peculiarly strong resemblance to another up-and-coming actor named Brad Pitt. As the real Pitt achieves a dazzling level of fame, the fictional Schmidt, for all of his talent, becomes a uncastable joke. Ultimately, Schmidt must struggle to overcome the blow of abandoning his dreams and must make peace with the hard realities of life.
Assumingly, Pitt’s playing both Schmidt and himself in the pic.
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