Brad Pitt Was Almost Cast As The Lead For This Iconic Movie, But Turned It Down

Joey King has landed a lead role in the upcoming movie Bullet Train opposite Brad Pitt!

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The Kissing Booth star Joey King is in negotiations to join Brad Pitt in the action-thriller “Bullet Train” for Sony Pictures.Hobbs & Shaw director David Leitch will direct and also supervise the script, which will be written by Zak Olkewicz.

Will Thorne Staff WriterCBS is set to honor the legacy of civil rights pioneer and longtime congressman John Lewis with a primetime special hosted by a an array of A-list names.The one-hour special, which is titled “John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero,” will be co-hosted by Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Gayle King and Brad Pitt, and will air Aug.

© Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2015 file photo, Angelina Jolie, left, and Brad Pitt arrive at the 2015 AFI Fest opening night premiere of "By The Sea" in Los Angeles.

Getting out of nearly three months of home lockdown seems to have helped bring exes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie closer together when it comes to seeing each other face to face. Ever since Los Angeles County lifted stay at home orders due to the coronavirus, the 56-year-old hunk has been photographed paying regular visits to Angelina’s $25 million mansion during June and July.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVDr. Anthony Fauci just earned Brad Pitt an Emmy nomination.Pitt is aiming at a rare feature-TV double, scoring an Oscar and an Emmy in the same year.

Things aren't any better between Brad Pitt and his oldest son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Us Weekly reports—nor has his strained relationship really improved with his 16-year-old son Pax. The outlet was told by a source that Pitt isn't speaking to Maddox or Pax right now.

Things aren't any better between Brad Pitt and his oldest son, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Us Weekly reports—nor has his strained relationship really improved with his 16-year-old son Pax. The outlet was told by a source that Pitt isn't speaking to Maddox or Pax right now.

It’s a hard pill to swallow, but Brad Pitt and Maddox Jolie-Pitt’s “nonexistent” relationship doesn’t seem like it will be getting better anytime soon. Years after Brad, 56, and ex-wife Angelina Jolie, 45, got their divorce, the messy fallout of their separation has still left behind some major wounds for their eldest son to heal.

Deadpool 2 released in 2018 and it featured some of the best jokes. Ryan Reynolds took the franchise a notch higher with the help of Josh Brolin, who also played Thanos that summer in Avengers: Infinity War, a Hugh Jackman cameo reprising his Wolverine role and an intriguing storyline.

Angelina Jolie has always put her children first over everyone and everything else! The Maleficent: Mistress of Evil star may have separated from Brad Pitt, but the ex-couple are slowly mending their equation for the sake of their children.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie‘s “legal matters” are being put on pause as courts grapple with the coronavirus pandemic.“Brad is seeing the kids but everything involved in their process of resolving legal matters between Angelina and Brad, including the courts, is slowed down because of COVID,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “With the pandemic, it has been hard for everyone, including them.

Brad Pitt almost had a role in one of Hollywood’s most iconic films of the modern era: “Almost Famous.” Offering a little bit of revisionist history, the film’s director Cameron Crowe revealed in a new interview that the cast for the classic flick -- which is about one high school music fan’s gig of a lifetime, covering an up-and-coming band for Rolling Stone magazine -- was almost completely different than the finalized band of players who would ultimately make the 2000 movie.

It sounds like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s co-parenting after family therapy is shaping up to be a success, and if that isn’t good news, I don’t know what else is. In a time where dozens of celebrity couples seem to be calling it quits, we’re happy to hear that these former flames are finding their way back into each other’s lives—even if only as happy parents.