Brad Pitt Circling ‘Pontius Pilate’ Biblical Drama Set Up at Warner Bros

After journeying as far back as ancient Greek times in Troy, actor Brad Pitt is coming a little close to present day with another dramatic epic. Deadline has word that the World War Z star and producer is circling the lead title role in Pontius Pilate, the Warner bros. film about Lucius Pontius Pilate, the man who would become known forever as the one who ordered the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. But rather than being just a story recounting the gruesome punishment of the religious figure, the film follows Pilate’s rise from a child to a Roman solider and general with a promising future under the rule of Emperor Tiberius. Pilate’s future takes a turn for the worse when instead of a military governorship in Egypt, he’s assigned to become a prefect of Judea during one of the most tense and tumultuous times for Jerusalem and people of the Jewish faith. …