Brad Pitt will produce and possibly star in
The Madman of Alcatraz, according to
Variety. The movie is said to be a drama based on the true story of the psychiatrist who treated Robert Stroud, Alcatraz's notorious Birdman.
The film would examine the relationship between the birdman and his shrink, who spent two years with him on the island, and in the process, nearly lost his own sanity.
Ned Zeman is said to have signed up to write the script. According to Zeman's research the true story was not of a killer reformed through his love of birds but of a dangerous sociopath who used his pets as a ruse to gain sympathy and trust.