Tilda Swinton is close to a deal to star opposite Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in David Fincher's adaptation of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" reports Production Weekly.
Scripted by Eric Roth from a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, drama casts Pitt as a man who hits age 50 and begins aging backward. Complications ensue when he falls in love with a woman of 30, played by Blanchett.
Jason Flemyng and Taraji P. Henson are also in negotiations to join the cast. Shooting will start November 6th in New Orleans.
