Chuck Palahniuk of the film adaptation), and in 2005 (with an afterword by Palahniuk). Palahniuk was cajoled to continue "Fight Club" in comics form by fellow novelist Chelsea Cain and comic writers Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick. A teaser was released by Dark Horse Comics for Free Comic Book Day 2015, with "Fight Club 2" #1 following in late May of that year. The series explores Joseph Campbell's concept of the 'second father' as being vital to the hero's journey, which is something that has always fascinated Palahniuk. On the "Orbital In Conversation" podcast, Palahniuk stated that he
Brad Pitt 2005's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith". Pitt's next role came with the biographical comedy-drama "The Big Short", which he also produced. The film was a commercial and critical success. It went on to gross over $102 million worldwide and received positive reviews from critics. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, including "Best Picture", earning Pitt his third Academy Award nomination as producer. In 2016, Pitt starred in Robert Zemeckis's romantic thriller "Allied", in which he plays a spy assassin who falls in love with a French spy (played by Marion Cotillard) during a mission to kill a German official