The Moneyball actor stars alongside Marion Cotillard in the Robert Zemeckis flick, and the two have impeccable chemistry playing spies in love!
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“Is this a game?” The first trailer is out, and so far, yep, it’s basically a beautifully-shot Oscar-bait spy thriller with very pretty people.
Beginning in 1942, Allied tells the story of Max Vatan (Pitt), an intelligence officer who meets and charms Marianne Beausejour (Cotillard), a French Resistance fighter, on a perilous North Africa mission.
The one-minute trailer hints that the two later reunite and fall in love, but the ongoing war threatens to destroy their relationship, with flashes of action depicting their fragile future (via IndieWire).
Pitt returns to WWII after his recent turn as American tank commander Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier in David Ayer’s drama “Fury” and Lt. Aldo Raine in Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 alternate history movie “Inglourious Basterds”.
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Now aligned with an Oscar-friendly release toward the end of November, producer Graham King heaped praise on the film’s leading duo earlier this week, and while the teaser trailer above showcases a fair amount of gritty action, the interplay between Pitt and Cotillard appears to be Allied’s true raison d’etre. Knight is also an executive producer, along with Patrick McCormick, Denis O’Sullivan, and Jack Rapke.
