Brad Pitt will tell the story of 'Anonymous'

Brad Pitt's production company Plan B Entertainment has secured the rights to Anonymous vs Steubenville - a Rolling Stone article, created by David Kushner. The story is about the online vigilante Deric Lostutter's role in a landmark rape case.

Pitt and the team behind "12 Years A Slave" have been planning this movie for quite a while, but things became official just now.

Hactivist Lostutter helped expose a town-wide cover-up of a teenage girl's rape by two high school football player, bringing charges to the rapists and helping get the high school superintendent, the principal and two high school coaches indicted for concealing the truth - all this while risking himself a 20-year sentence.

Lostutter will be the movie's protagonist, focusing on hacker group Anonymous as a whole. Lostutter himself confirmed the news on Twitter, saying, "All I can say until further notice from my agent and lawyer is it's real, it's been in the works for a while now, and no further comment".

The official Anonymous feed posted: "Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment has bought the rights to the Rolling Stone article Anonymous vs Steubenville". 

There are no details regarding any castings, yet.

Brad Pitt's schedule looks pretty clear for the next year, having completed shooting on David Ayer's World War II action-drama Fury. The actor plays army sergeant Wardaddy, who commands a Sherman tank and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.