Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie could be teaming up again on Angie’s next film project Africa.

According to The Wrap, Brad is in talks to star as archaeologist Richard Leakey – who campaigned to protect elephants against poachers in the ’80s – in the biopic penned by Oscar-winning scriptwriter Eric Roth. Angelina is set to direct the movie.

Richard Leakey in 2007 (KHASLIL SENOSI/AP)
Richard Leakey in 2007 (Khaslil Senosi/AP)

The couple met playing spy team Mr & Mrs Smith in 2005 and are set to reunite on screen as husband and wife in Angelina’s latest movie By The Sea, due out later this year.

Angie will re-team with her Unbroken cinematographer Roger Deakins on the project, with shooting due to start in the summer.

A picture of Angelina Jolie on the red carpet
Angelina Jolie has already directed three films (Joel Ryan/AP/PA)

She said in a statement when she boarded the project last September: “I’ve felt a deep connection to Africa and its culture for much of my life, and was taken with Eric’s beautiful script about a man drawn into the violent conflict with elephant poachers who emerged with a deeper understanding of man’s footprint and a profound sense of responsibility for the world around him.”

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their children in 2011 (Mehdi Taamallah/ABACA)
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie with their children in 2011 (Mehdi Taamallah/ABACA)

Brad and Angelina have six children together. Their 10 year-old daughter Zahara was adopted from Ethiopia and their first biological child Shiloh, 8, was born in Namibia.