Bad Bunny Boards Brad Pitt’s ‘Bullet Train’ for Sony

Recording artist and Latin Grammy winner Bad Bunny will be a part of the solid of Brad Pitt’s motion film “Bullet Train” at Sony Pictures, a person with data of the deal instructed TheWrap.

Logan Lerman, Joey King, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Zazie Beetz, Michael Shannon and Andrew Koji spherical out the remainder of the solid. David Leitch is about to direct the venture. Zak Olkewicz wrote the script for the movie, which is predicated on the Japanese novel “Maria Beetle” by Kotaro Isaka.

Leitch and Kelly McCormick (“Atomic Blonde”) will produce the movie by means of their firm 87North, alongside Antoine Fuqua and Kat Samick. Brittany Morrissey is overseeing the venture for Sony Pictures. Ryosuke Saegusa and Yuma Terada of CTB Inc., who characterize Isaka and the IP, are the manager producers on the venture.

Although plot particulars are being saved below wraps, the venture is described as a contained thriller within the vein of “Speed” and “Non-Stop” and facilities on a bunch of assassins.

Bad Bunny’s most up-to-date album, “El Ultimo Tour del Mundo” debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart changing into the primary all-Spanish album to achieve this place. This yr, he was proclaimed the #1 artist globally on Spotify and the #1 Latin artist of 2020 by Billboard for second consecutive yr.

Most lately, he launched his single “Dakiti” with Jhay Cortez, which made historical past as the primary Latin tune to concurrently attain #1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S., in addition to on Spotify’s Top 200 and Apple Music’s Top 100: Global. Bad Bunny is about to make his performing debut within the Kevin Hart-produced drama “American Sole,” starring Pete Davidson, O’Shea Jackson Jr, Camila Mendes and Offset.

Bad Bunny is repped by UTA and Rimas Entertainment.

Deadline first reported the information of Bad Bunny becoming a member of the Brad Pitt venture.