Brad Pitt is Up to His Dirty Tricks

Ex-lovers Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow are reportedly teaming up again for political drama Dirty Tricks, according to Page Six.

Dirty Tricks focuses on the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, where the wife of Richard Nixon‘s attorney general comes to her husband’s defense.

Pitt will play John Dean, US government official and White House counsel to Nixon. Paltrow will play Pitt‘s wife, Maureen Dean.

The film, set for a 2008 release, also stars Annette Bening, Meryl Streep and Sharon Stone.

Dirty Tricks will be directed by the genius Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck, Running with Scissors).