who is the general brad pitt plays in war machine
Glen McMahon
title: War Machine (film) text: War Machine (film) War Machine is a 2017 American satirical war film directed and written by David Michôd, based on the nonfiction book "The Operators" by Michael Hastings. It is a fictionalized version of the events in the book based on United States Army General Stanley McChrystal. The film stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Anthony Hayes, Topher Grace, Will Poulter, Tilda Swinton and Ben Kingsley. It was released on Netflix on May 26, 2017. In the summer of 2009, four-star General Glen McMahon, having won renown for his effective leadership in Iraq, is sent to Afghanistan to prepare an title: War Machine (film) text: government simply assigns a new general to replace McMahon. McMahon's Entourage U.S. Diplomats Politicians Combat Marines Other On April 27, 2012, it was announced that New Regency and Plan B Entertainment had acquired the film adaptation rights to the 2011 best seller non-fiction book "The Operators" by Michael Hastings. On April 14, 2014, David Michôd was hired to write and direct the film based on the war in Afghanistan. Brad Pitt was attached to star as General Stanley McChrystal and produce the film along with his Plan B partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, while the film would be financed title: Brad Pitt text: in World War II. In 2017, he starred in the Netflix satirical war comedy "War Machine", which he also produced. Pitt played a recurring role as a weatherman on the late-night talk show "The Jim Jefferies Show" throughout 2017. In 2016 it was announced that Pitt will star in the upcoming sequel to "World War Z", with official release date set as June 9, 2017. However, in early 2017, the release date was announced to be indefinitely delayed. In June, David Fincher was confirmed to direct the "World War Z" sequel, marking Pitt and Fincher's fourth collaboration. Next, Pitt will title: David Michôd text: Pitt attached to star. It was later retitled as "War Machine". In March 2017, Netflix released a teaser trailer for the film in which Brad Pitt is playing a thinly veiled version of Stanley A. McChrystal. Hastings wrote the "Rolling Stone" article that revealed the friction between McChrystal's staff and then President Barack Obama's and would ultimately lead to McChrystal losing his job. Pitt's character is named McMahon. In an interview in 2013, it was revealed that Joel Edgerton and Michôd had co-written an adaptation of Shakespeare's plays: "Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2" and "Henry V", for Warner Bros. title: Stanley A. McChrystal text: whom would serve in the military or become military spouses. His older brother, Colonel Scott McChrystal, is a retired Army chaplain, and is the endorsing agent for the Assemblies of God. McChrystal married Annie Corcoran, also from a military family, in 1977. The couple have one son. McChrystal is reported to run daily, eat one meal per day, and sleep four hours a night. In May 2017, Netflix released the film "War Machine" in which Brad Pitt plays a thinly veiled version of McChrystal named McMahon. It was directed by Animal Kingdom's David Michôd and is an adaptation of Michael