Apple Original Films has landed "Connector," a new feature that will star Academy Award winner Brad Pitt, who will also produce through his Plan B company. The project is to be directed by Academy Award nominee Darius Marder, known for "Sound of Metal," and it marks a reunion between Pitt, Apple and Plan B following the record-breaking "F1." The film is described as a 1970s New York City epic about a working-class legend, a sky-walking ironworker who takes on forces larger than himself. Apple Studios will serve as the studio, and Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will produce for Plan B alongside Marder.

Marder co-wrote the film with his sibling Nina Marder. His debut narrative feature, "Sound of Metal" from 2019, starred Riz Ahmed as a drummer who goes deaf after years of playing and earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, and won Oscars for Best Sound and Best Film Editing. Marder also previously co-wrote Derek Cianfrance's "The Place Beyond the Pines," which earned him a Penn Literary award in 2014. Pitt, who starred in "Heart of the Beast" this year, is next set to appear in David Fincher's "The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth," in which he reprises his Oscar-winning role from "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."S1S2

The project extends a working relationship between Apple Original Films and Plan B that began with "F1," which became the highest-grossing sports feature of all time after its release, earned a Best Picture nomination, and made $634.1 million worldwide at the box office. Apple had released the film in theaters in partnership with Warner Bros. before moving it to Apple TV. "Connector" is the third collaboration between Plan B and Apple after "F1" and "The Waffle House Index," a recently announced project with Plan B attached to produce and Inde Navarrette, of "Obsession," attached to star in the lead role. Apple Original Films will also soon release a new Mark Wahlberg-led feature produced by Plan B and written and directed by Stephen Chbosky.S1S2

Deadline first reported the news, which was announced Thursday. Pitt is represented by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and Marder is represented by CAA, 42 and Greg Slewett at JSSK.S1