As reported by Variety, the untitled film will tell the story of how Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the news that Weinstein allegedly sexually assaulted and abused women—including prominent actors like Gwyneth Paltrow, Angeline Jolie and Lupita Nyong’o—for decades, and covered his tracks through settlements, threats and non-disclosure agreements (Ronan Farrow also reported on Weinstein for The New Yorker around the same time). Pitt reportedly confronted Weinstein after a young Gwyneth Paltrow, whom Pitt was dating at the time, told him that Weinstein assaulted her during a meeting for the movie 1996 film “Emma.” Paltrow was 22 at the time. “He got right in his face, poked him in the chest and said, ‘You will not ever do this to Gwyneth ever again.’ “

The source added that the actor, who was just rising in the business at the time of the encounter, “made it clear there would be consequences” if Weinstein tried anything again, and “described it as giving Harvey a ‘Missouri whooping.’” (Pitt grew up in Springfield, Missouri.)
American actor Brad Pitt announces that he will produce a film about the allegations of sexual misconduct against American film producer Harvey Weinstein.