Article: Martin Brest's 'Meet Joe Black' Starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins Begins Production for Universal Pictures

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Pictures' "Meet Joe Black," starring Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins, produced and directed by Martin Brest, has begun principal photography in New York City.

Meet Joe Black is a romantic comedy-drama about an other worldly presence who, assuming a human identity in order to get to know a powerful businessman, finds himself falling in love with the man's daughter. The film co-stars Claire Forlani ("The Rock", "Basquiat"), Marcia Gay Harden ("The First Wives Club," "Desperate Measures"), Jeffrey Tambor (HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show") and Jake Weber ("Amistad"). The screenplay is written by Ron Osborn & Jeff ...

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