Brad Pitt Plays Jesse James

This western, financed by Pitt’s production company Plan B Films, will base the movie on the novel The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, written by Robert Hansen.

This book tells the story of one of the most famous gangsters of the West, Jesse James who died facing Robert Ford.  Ford was a member of another gang, and spent his life being tormented by James.

The part of Robert Ford has not yet been assigned.