Topher Grace to Join Brad Pitt in Netflix's WAR MACHINE

According to Deadline, Topher Grace has signed on to join Brad Pitt in he Netflix original film, War Machine, a provocative satirical comedy from David Michôd.

Produced by Netflix and Pitt alongside his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, and producer Ian Bryce (World War Z, Saving Private Ryan), WAR MACHINE brings together Pitt (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, World War Z, Moneyball) with Michôd, the acclaimed Australian writer and director (Animal Kingdom, The Rover). Principal photography is scheduled to start in August.

Inspired by the best-selling book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying INSIDE STORY of America's War in Afghanistan by the late Michael Hastings, WAR MACHINE concerns a four star, "rock star" general whose lethal reputation and impeccable track record vaults him to command the American war in Afghanistan. Determined to win the "impossible" war once and for all with a radical new approach, the general and his motley staff of commanders and press advisers race across the globe navigating delicate international alliances and troop requests, the charged battlefield of Washington politics, the voracious appetite of the media, and the day-to-day management of the war itself - all the while struggling to stay connected to the lives of men and women out in the field.

Grace will take on the role of the press adviser to Pitt's character.

Grace is known for his portrayal of Eric Forman on the FOX sitcom That '70s Show, Eddie Brock/Venom in the Sam Raimi film Spider-Man 3, Carter Duryea in the film In Good Company and Edwin in the 2010 film Predators.

Photo by Walter McBride

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