May 6, 2024

Small plane crashes at Pitt Meadows Airport

A small plane has crashed at the airport in Pitt Meadows. Assistant fire chief Brad Perrie says it happened about 7:40 a.m. "We arrived on scene and we had a homebuilt single engine aircraft that had lost power on take off and crashed into a ditch beside the runway.  When we arrived, the plane was fully engulfed in flames.  The single … [Read more...]

Pitt, Bardem Also Up For “Counselor”

Two months ago came word that Ridley Scott was hoping to land Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem for supporting roles in his upcoming film "The Counselor". Now it looks like he may have got them. Deadline reports that both actors are in talks for the film which begins production in late June. Pitt's wife Angelina Jolie is also in discussions to play … [Read more...]

Knightley, Pitt, Renner Casting Rumors

Twitchfilm has been busy the past 24 hours with three big casting rumours for some pretty high profile projects. First up they say Keira Knightley is reportedly in early talks for the lead role in the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel "Safe Haven" at Relativity Media. Lasse Hallstrom ("Dear John") helms the story of a young woman with a … [Read more...]

Pitt Meadows homocide victim identified

Metro Vancouver’s latest homicide victim has been identified as 26 year old Brandon Howson of Maple Ridge. His body was found on Tuesday morning in a rural area of Pitt Meadows. RCMP Sgt. Jennifer Pound says Howson was known to police. She is calling Howson’s murder a targeted homicide, but adds it’s too early to speak about a … [Read more...]

Brad Pitt Turns “Slave” For McQueen

Brad Pitt is not only producing but is reportedly taking on a role in "Hunger" and "Shame" director Steve McQueen's third feature "Twelve Years A Slave" for both River Road and Pitt's Plan B production company. Set in the mid-19th century, the film tells the true story of New Yorker Solomon Northrup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who was kidnapped and shipped … [Read more...]

Pitt Considers “Kill” As Liman’s “Luna” Falls

Brad Pitt has been offered the lead role in Doug Liman's film adaptation of the manga "All You Need Is Kill" at Warner Bros. Pictures says Variety. The story follows Keiji Kiriya, a young recruit sent out to fight off an alien invasion and finding himself in a Groundhog Day-esque scenario of dying on the battlefield and being reborn each … [Read more...]

McQueen, Pitt, Ejiofor Adapt “12 Years a Slave”

"Hunger" director Steve McQueen is teaming with Brad Pitt and Chiwetel Ejiofor in an adaptation of Solomon Northup's 1853 autobiography "Twelve Years a Slave" says The Hollywood Reporter. Northup was a married and educated free black man living in New York when two men approached him with a job offer in Washington. When he showed up in D.C., he … [Read more...]

Brad Pitt In Negotiations For “Gray Man”

Brad Pitt is negotiations to star in James Gray's action thriller "The Gray Man" at New Regency says Heat Vision. The story follows a CIA operative-turned-assassin targeted for elimination. He's soon forced into eluding teams of killers while trying to save the lives of the daughters who don't know he exists. Adam Cozad penned the Black List … [Read more...]