Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are rumored to be in Bastrop County on the set of a new movie.

They are supposed to be in Smithville, a town that calls itself ‘Texas best kept secret,’ but the secret of celebrity sightings may be out now.

Locals are buzzing about the movie, which Pitt is rumored to star in, but protective of the stars.
Star sightings abound in neighboring Bastrop though, where some claim to have spotted Jolie at a Wal-Mart.

“Well, I’m curious. And so we’ll see how it comes out. I’m sure we’ll get to see them somewhere somehow and that’ll be fun, and that’s an excitement that usually doesn’t come to a town like us,” Smithville resident Sandy Hightower said.

The movie is called “Tree of Life.” This isn’t the first time that Smithville has been a film star; the town was featured in the movie “Hope Floats”, which came out in 1998 and starred Harry Connick Jr. and Austinite Sandra Bullock.

The movie is listed to be in “pre-production” on the movie web site IMDB. According to that web site, the movie will also star Sean Penn, and is written and directed by Terrence Malick, who also and directed “The Thin Red Line.”

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