"The Walking Dead" alum Jon Bernthal is in negotiations to star opposite Brad Pitt in David Ayer's "Fury," which Sony is onboard to distribute.
The WWII movie follows the commander of a Sherman tank and its five-man crew on a mission behind enemy lines in April 1945 as Nazi Germany collapses.
Bernthal beat out stiff competition for the role of Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis, a cunning, vicious and world-wise Arkansas native.
Bernthal will join Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman and Michael Pena in the tank.
Bill Block's QED Intl. is producing with John Lesher’s Le Grisbi Prods.