James Gray to helm Pitt's LOST CITY OF Z!

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

YES! Out of all the Brad Pitt potential upcoming projects, this was the one I was hoping he was looking at tackling once he has scalped some Nazi's heads in INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. Variety confirm that Pitt is moving forward with THE LOST CITY OF Z, the Paramount Pictures movie about British explorer Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett, who went missing in 1925 in the uncharted jungles of Brazil, convinced a lost city existed there and whose exploits were a massive influence on Lucas' idea for INDIANA JONES. The studio say James Gray will direct the movie based on David Grann's upcoming non-fiction book out in April.

"This is a terrific opportunity to do something entirely different for me," Gray said. "It is a story that will be told with an epic scale, with a main character who is larger than life."

Gray's previous two movies (WE OWN THE NIGHT, TWO LOVERS) were very quiet releases that didn't get much attention despite some big names. Well now Mr. Gray, you have one of the biggest names in Hollywood working on your movie... Paramount will actually want people to see this! A straight up INDY JONES or JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH but actually based on a real guy and played by Brad Pitt.. who has been putting in some stellar work recently? I'm in.