Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are undertaking their first joint producing effort with an HBO series. The untitled drama will explore the behind-the scenes politics of an international aid organization, and chronicle the lives of humanitarian workers assigned to dangerous zones and the needy people they assist.
The Hollywood power couple will serve as executive producers along with Scott Burns, who will write the pilot. Burns co-wrote The Bourne Ultimatum and was a producer of An Inconvenient Truth. Angelina Jolie is no stranger to this type of project. An earlier project, Beyond Borders, was a drama about disaster-relief workers in war-torn countries.
Brad Pitt is already involved with HBO. Along with Edward Norton, he is executive producing the HBO National Geographic miniseries Undaunted Courage. The 10-hour miniseries, still in development, will trace the legendary journey of 1800’s explorers Lewis and Clark.