Tiger Hunting

[MacGuffin]

'Babel' writer reteaming with Brad Pitt
Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Guillermo Arriaga is getting ready to crack the whip.

The writer behind Brad Pitt's fractured drama "Babel" as well as indie darling "Amores perros" is reteaming with Pitt for "Tiger Hunting," a drama that Darren Aronofsky is developing as a potential Pitt vehicle.

The project is based on an upcoming book by John Vaillant and is set up at Focus Features. It is being produced by Aronofsky and his Protozoa Pictures banner along with Pitt and his Plan B shingle. Plan B's Dede Gardner is also producing.

The story centers on an animal activist who must protect the small town he is doing research in when a tiger begins attacking its inhabitants.

Pitt and Aronofsky have been developing "Hunting" under the radar since last year.

UTA-repped Arriaga's other credits include dramas "21 Grams" as well as "The Burning Plain," which he also directed.

[pete]

that writer sucks.  easily the worst part of any project he's involved in.

[Sleepless]

The story centers on an animal activist who must protect the small town he is doing research in when a tiger begins attacking its inhabitants.

Sounds like he's been doing reading some basic screenwriting books. Who would be the most unlikely person to be in this situation? Well, if the situation is a tiger attacking people and needs to be killed, who the most (un)likely hero? An animal activist. Genius.

I assume it means animal-rights activist?

[Pubrick]

Sounds like he's been doing reading some basic screenwriting books.

sounds like you could do with some basic grammar books!

anyway, while i agree with pete that Arriaga is the biggest douche in cinema history, this might be alright because it's not his concept, it's based on a book by some other douche apparently (so the screenwriting101 comment above is not really applicable) and it's been developed by ppl who can actually speak english. and those ppl are brad pitt and aronofsky! together at last!

i like the concept. the worst he can do to it is fuck it up with his usual non-chronological style, cos that's the only idea he has ever had, and i would be certain it would go this way if he was working with EARLY aronofsky.. but with the wrestler and black swan that dude seems to be gravitating towards really strong concepts that carry themselves without the need for overly elaborate showmanship (the antithesis of arriaga's structural gimmicks).

so i'm kinda really looking forward to this. i'm also looking forward to Arriaga losing his shit once again if he's not considered the primary author of the film, resulting in his blacklisting in american cinema, relegating him to spending the rest of his days writing the mexican telenovela equivalent of LOST.

[Derek]

This is about the eleventeenth project Aronofsky is attached to. On the other hand, Pitt generally doesn't commit himself far beyond the film he is working on at any given moment.

[MacGuffin]

Angelina Jolie To Star With Brad Pitt In Darren Aronofsky's 'Tiger'? Film To Shoot In 2011?
Source: The Playlist

Geez, speak of the devil. While we posted an open letter to Darren Aronofsky earlier today imploring him to think long and hard before signing on to "X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2," news arrives that one of the more interesting projects on his plate might be close to getting in front of cameras. In an interview with Quien, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga ("Babel," "Amores Perros") reveals that his previously announced adaptation of John Vaillant's forthcoming non-fiction book "The Tiger" for director Darren Aronofsky and star/producer Brad Pitt is set to begin location scouting later in the year. "These days I'm traveling to New York to lend clarity to the last detail, in November would be doing a tour of Siberia to check locations," Arriaga said. However, most intriguingly, he indicates that the the film will shoot next year and Angelina Jolie will co-star with her partner, Brad Pitt. The project, which will be Arriaga's first time writing a screenplay based on someone else's work, takes place in 1997 and follows an animal activist who must protect the small Siberian town he is in when a tiger begins attacking its inhabitants. "I decided to adapt this story because it is a great privilege to work with dedicated film like Darren Aronofsky and Brad Pitt," he said. So, could this be why, despite offers for both 'Wolverine 2" and Warner Bros. "Tales Of The Gangster Squad," noise from the Aronofsky camp is quiet? We would guess that Aronofsky is probably getting the full picture of what shooting the "The Tiger" will require and more importantly, if he can put it all together, before making any decisions on the studio projects. "The Tiger" has been developing for a while and is set up as a co-production between Focus Features and Random House's film division. At any rate, if Angelina Jolie is involved, and if it goes forward, she probably won't be able to commit to the film until late spring/early summer next year; she has already started shooting her untitled directorial debut. At the very least, what this indicates is that Aronofsky is still exploring one (and probably more) of the projects on the table at Protozoa before making his next move.