Brad Pitt is set to battle extraterrestrials in the Bermuda Triangle, after securing the movie rights to a new video game.

Pitt's Plan B production company has signed a deal with gaming company Capcom to take Dark Void to the big screen.

The actor intends to take the lead role of a pilot who crash lands in a parallel world where he must fight off alien invaders.

Dark Void the game is due to launch in January (10), with the movie scheduled to follow, reports Daily Variety.