A few days ago we reported that Darren Aronofsky is probably weighing up offers on some major studio projects, namely Wolverine 2 and Tales from the Gangster Squad. But news of one of his other projects in development has arrived on our digital doorsteps.

A few months back it was announced that Aronofsky was to team up with Brad Pitt (showing that the pair still have a bond despite the latter dropping out of The Fountain, and almost killing it) for a film called ‘The Tiger’. It’s an adaptation of John Valliant’s true account of a Siberian village terrorised by an Amur tiger in the early 1990′s. Little else emerged beyond that, and most of us forgot about the project. But this week writer Guillermo Arriaga (who penned Babel, 21 Grams and Amores Perros), who adapted the book, revealed that location scouting was under way, and also that not only were Pitt and Aronofsky still attached, but so is Angelina Jolie.

There’s no confirmation yet of these details, and the project will have to navigate through three highly desired film-makers in order to happen. It’s also a strange choice for maverick film-maker Aronofsky, as the outline does remind one of the disposable The Ghost and the Darkness. But reviews of the book note its attention to social and political circumstances, which may make it more than just another man-vs-beast story.