Academy Award-winning actor and producer will serve as a Grand Marshal Sept. 19, six days before Paramount Pictures' Heart of the Beast opens exclusively in theatres
BRISTOL, Tenn., Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Brad Pitt is headed to The Last Great Colosseum.
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