Producer Brad Pitt Will Also Star In Steve McQueen’s TWELVE YEARS AS A SLAVE

SHAME’s director Steve McQueen‘s next movie, TWELVE YEARS AS A SLAVE is produced by Brad Pitt‘s banner, Plan B, so that’s old news. But what’s news is that, via Screendaily, the Moneyball star, Pitt himself has decided he needs to be in the film as well and so that’s what’s up. No word yet on which role he’d play but I guess a star power help wouldn’t hurt…

Steve McQueen will direct Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Fassbender, in 12 YEARS A SLAVE, produced by Brad Pitt‘s banner, Plan B
Also starring Pitt and Michael Fassbender
Based on the true story of free born Solomon Northup, (Ejiofor) a New Yorker kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and was rescued from a plantation in Louisiana in 1853, and the for some unknown reason he disappeared in 1853
McQueen co-wrote the script with John Ridley
The title is based on the the title of the narrative book that Solomon Northup wrote about his experiences, Twelve Years a Slave, you can read a bit about it at   Wikipedia.
McQueen co-wrote the script with John Ridley.