Warner Bros. has optioned the upcoming Jonathan Tropper novel "Bush Falls" (now entitled THE BOOK OF JOE) for the producing troika of Brad Pitt, his manager Brad Grey and wife Jennifer Aniston.

The book is about a man who grows up as an outcast in Bush Falls, Conn. He moves to Manhattan and writes a novel featuring the town and its inhabitants. After the novel is turned into a hit film, the writer returns to Bush Falls and must face the wrath of the townsfolk.

The book is the second significant buy made by the trio since they formed a still unnamed film shingle and set it at WB in summer. They also bought the rights to Mark Haddon's novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," which Steve Kloves is in talks to adapt and direct. They'll produce that film with David Heyman, producer of the three "Harry Potter" films that Kloves scripted.