Brad Pitt is Embroiled In Lawsuits but also still Starring In Movies, including the upcoming Bullet Train, which released a teaser ahead of the proper trailer due next week. Bullet Train comes from action aficionado David Leitch, co-director of John Wick and director of Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, and Hobbs & Shaw. The teaser is a fake commercial—fauxmercial—for the “Nippon Speed Line”, the eponymous bullet train. Pitt is glimpsed at the end, looking a bit worse for wear while taking a break on the train.
But Pitt isn’t the only Movie Star in Bullet Train, it also stars Sandra Bullock. It’s a clash of the titans! The cast also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Shannon, Joey King, Zazie Beetz, Logan Lerman, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Masi Oka. Sadly, it does not appear Eddie Marsan is in this movie, ending David Leitch’s streak of casting Eddie Marsan and then killing off his character. The premise of Bullet Train is that five assassins get on the same train and try to take each other out, so this is undoubtedly going to be a John Wick/Atomic Blonde-style action fest, which I am very much looking forward to. Also, fun fact, Leitch used to be Pitt’s stunt double, circa the late 1990s/early 2000s. So, not unlike Chad Stahelski’s building out the John Wick franchise with Keanu Reeves, for whom he doubled during the Matrix days, Bullet Train represents Pitt and Leitch coming full circle from their actor/double days. Cute! Now, what’s the status of all those lawsuits…
