Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem are going to be in the same movie. Day-um. BY KEVIN JAGERNAUTH (THE PLAYLIST)

Deadline reports that Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem have signed on for Ridley Scott's "The Counselor" penned by Cormac McCarthy after being rumored for roles over the past few weeks. The story follows an attorney (Fassbender), who is in search of a big payday after he proposes to his girlfriend, Laura. So he hooks up with Reiner, an acquaintance with deep criminal ties, for a new business proposition: they'll take $20 million worth of cocaine from south of the border and offload it themselves, aided by the no-good Westray. As you might imagine, things do not go well for anyone involved.


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