Brad Pitt and David Ayer Reteam for Movie "Heart of the Beast"

Brad Pitt and David Ayer have found their next collaboration in Paramount Pictures' action-adventure movie "Heart of the Beast". Bitt will also produce for his Plan B Entertainment.

The project reunites Pitt and Ayer for the first time since Sony's 2014 "Fury", starring Pitt as a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant leading a five-man Sherman tank crew on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines in the final days of World War II.

Written by Cameron Alexander, who will executive produce, "Heart of the Beast" is centered around a former Army Special Forces soldier and his retired combat dog who battle for survival after a plane crash deep in the unforgiving Alaskan wilderness.

Damien Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton will also produce under their Wild Chickens Productions banner, as part of their first-look deal with the studio. Ayer also produces under his Crave Films banner, along with Temple Hill Entertainment. Richard Raymond is co-producing.

"Heart of the Beast" marks Pitt's follow-up to Apple’s anticipated big-budget sports actioner "F1", which Warner Bros releases in theaters June 27. He is a producer on the movie from Top Gun: Maverick‘s Joseph Kosinski. Prior to that, he teamed with George Clooney on "Wolfs", Apple TV+’s fixer-action comedy directed by Jon Watts, which he also produced.

Pitt recently EP’d theatrical hits including "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" and "Bob Marley: One Love", and RaMell Ross’ "Nickel Boys", an Amazon adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel from Colson Whitehead, which landed two Oscar nominations, for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

He is also an executive producer on Bong Joon Ho’s "Mickey 17", which Warner Bros releases March 7 following a Berlin premiere, as well as the upcoming Hedda, Nia DaCosta’s feature take on the Henrik Ibsen play for Amazon MGM’s "Orion".