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Brad Pitt Circling General McChrystal Film

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 26: Executive producer/actor Brad Pitt poses at the after party for a special screening of the documentary
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 26: Executive producer/actor Brad Pitt poses at the after party for a special screening of the documentary “Big Men” on March 26, 2014 at the Sundance Cinema 5 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Yes, that General McChrystal — the former commanding general of international and U.S. forces in Afghanistan, who was fired in 2010 after some controversial remarks in a Rolling Stone profile by the late Michael Hastings. That incident is getting a movie, and Brad Pitt will produce; he’s also likely to star as McChrystal. David Michod will direct and adapt (from The Operators, Hastings’s book about the general). Okay, sounds great; now when do we get a Petraeus movie?

Brad Pitt Circling General McChrystal Film