Brad Pitt no longer curious, takes the lead as Benjamin Button

Brad Pitt will be spending his time juggling Angelina Jolie, Shiloh and his latest role as Benjamin Button.

Pitt, who is finishing up his latest flick, Ocean's Thirteen, has agreed to work on Paramount/Warner Brothers production The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

The film, based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, will be directed by David Fincher and co-star Cate Blanchett. The script tells the story of a man who hits his 50th birthday and begins aging backwards.

Button’s life, as if it wasn’t going to be confusing enough, enters another dimension when he falls in love with a 30 year-old woman.

Talk of filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has been kicked around Hollywood for close to a decade yet it was only this year that it actually reached production stage.