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Brad Pitt is reportedly being lined up to play British explorer Percy Fawcett, who disappeared in the Amazon jungle in 1925 during an expedition to find a lost city.
Pitt, 44, has expressed an interest in producing and starring in Lost City of Z which tells the story of Fawcett's ill-fated mission 83 years ago.
Fawcett - whose exploits are said to be one of the inspirations for action hero Indiana Jones - vanished while trying to locate the City of Z.