Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie set to reunite in Ridley Scott's The Counselor

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on the verge of working together on the same film for the first time since 2005's Mr & Mrs Smith, in the Cormac McCarthy-scripted project The Counselor . The Counselor originated as a spec script by McCarthy , author of The Road and No Country for Old Men. Ridley Scott was quickly attached as director, as his next film after Prometheus, and then cast Michael Fassbender in the lead, a lawyer attempting to dabble in the drugs trade, and Javier Bardem (who starred in the Coen brothers' film adaptation of No Country) as the chief villain. Pitt looks likely to take the small part of a character named West Ray , described as a "mysterious figure [who] advises Fassbender's character on the drug trade", while Jolie may be cast in one of the main female roles. Jolie and Scott have been developing a biopic of Gertrude Bell, the British archaeologist who played an influential role in Middle East diplomacy in the first half of the 20th century, while Pitt owes Scott for his big early break, Thelma and Louise. Production on the film is due to start in early summer, with a projected run at the 2013 awards season.