The prospect of Brad Pitt headlining a US adaptation of top BBC miniseries St🧔ate Of Play 𝄹just keeps getting better.

Not only does it already boast a script from Matthew Michael Carnahan (with a fresh coat of rewrite paint from Bourne scribe Tony Gilroy), a director in the form of Kevin MacDonald (The Last King ♓Of Scotland) and an actual start date (November), but now it’ll also act as a reunion for Fight Club stars Pitt and Edward Norton.

BP is taking on the David Morrissey role, retooled as a US congressman who has seen🌠 his brilliant political career suddenly under threat by an investigat🐟ion into the death of his mistress. Norton has scooped the John Simm role of the journalist leading the newspaper probe who ends up developing a relationship with the politician’s estranged wife.

If all the ♓elements work the way they should, this will be one to watch in 2008.