Pitt Has Imperfections

Brad Pitt has brought the screen rights to Tom Rachman's novel The Imperfectionists which he will produce says Deadline

Set in Rome, the novel, which was published just a few months ago, follows an English-language newspaper in Rome. Exploring the professional and personal lives of the journalists working on the English-language paper, the novel covered job cuts and love lives and proved a reasonable hit.

The plan is for the movie adaptation to stick closely to the original story as told in the novel.

Rachman knows what he's talking about--He is a former AP writer who was stationed in Rome and he based the book on his own experiences.