Anonymous is watching, and Brad Pitt hopes you will too.
The actor and his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are set to produce an adaptation of David Kushner’s Rolling Stone article “Anonymous vs. Steubenville” that will be co-financed by New Regency and Brett Ratner and James Packer‘s RatPac Entertainment.
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The article follows Deric Lostutter, an Anonymous hacker involved in exposing a cover-up of the rape of a 16-year-old girl by two high school football players in Steubenville, Ohio.
Lostutter’s home was raided by the FBI after he released a video made by the football players that showed them with the rape victim. He is currently facing federal charges that could land him more than a decade in prison, while the rapists were sentenced to only one year.
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The film is expected to explore the injustices of the American justice system.
Coming off an Oscar win for “12 Years a Slave,” the Plan B trio are currently seeking a screenwriter to adapt the Rolling Stone article, which was published in November 2013.
The news was first reported by The Tracking Board.