Steve ’70 and Paula Mae Schwartz, of Chockstone Pictures, are among the producers of the new Brad Pitt film, Killing Them Softly, which opened on November 30. In the thriller, based on George V. Higgins’ novel Cogan’s Trade, Brad Pitt plays hit-man Jackie Cogan, hired to track down three robbers who held up a Mob-protected card game. Directed by Andrew Dominik, Killing Them Softly also stars James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta, Ben Mendelsohn, and Scoot McNairy.